NEW ARTICLE: Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy

Author(s): Joseph W. Bull, Ascelin Gor­don, James E. M. Wat­son and Mar­tine Maron Title: Seek­ing con­ver­gence on the key con­cepts in ‘no net loss’ pol­icy Year: 2016 In: Jour­nal of Applied Ecol­ogy, DOI:10.1111/1365–2664.12726. Pub­lished online: 14 July 2016 Pages: 8 pages. Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: new paper joining biodiversity offsets and natural capital

What’s it about in short: New paper join­ing bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and nat­ural cap­i­tal When was it released: July 8, 2016 By whom: Joël Houdet, Fabien Quétier, Helen Ding More info: http://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/net-impact-accounting-for-renewable-natural-capital-possible-pathways-for-corporate-level-disclosure/ … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Achieving Conservation and Development: 10 Principles for Applying the Mitigation Hierarchy

What’s it about in short: The Con­ser­vancy has pub­lished 10 Prin­ci­ples for Apply­ing the Mit­i­ga­tion Hier­ar­chy. When was it released: Jan­u­ary 13, 2016 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/10-principios-para-aplicar-la-jerarquia-de-mitigacion/ (in Span­ish, see the pdf in Eng­lish here) … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion

Author(s): James R. Oakleaf,Christina M. Kennedy,Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Paul C. West, James S. Ger­ber, Larissa Jarvis and Joseph Kiesecker Title: A World at Risk: Aggre­gat­ing Devel­op­ment Trends to Fore­cast Global Habi­tat Con­ver­sion Year: 2015 In: PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.013833. Pub­lished online: … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: The transition from No Net Loss to a Net Gain of biodiversity is far from trivial

Author(s): J.W. Bull and S. Brown­lie Title: The tran­si­tion from No Net Loss to a Net Gain of bio­di­ver­sity is far from triv­ial Year: 2015 In: Oryx, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605315000861. Pub­lished online: 10 Novem­ber 2015 Pages: 7 pages. Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal arti­cle … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: The Biodiversity Offsetting Dilemma: Between Economic Rationales and Ecological Dynamics

Author(s):  Coralie Cal­vet, Claude Napoléone and Jean-Michel Salles Title: The Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set­ting Dilemma: Between Eco­nomic Ratio­nales and Eco­log­i­cal Dynam­ics Year: 2015 In:Sus­tain­abil­ity 2015, 7(6), 7357–7378; doi:10.3390/su7067357 Pages: pages 7357–7378. Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm (full … Con­tinue read­ing

A cross-sector guide for implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

This new doc­u­ment is mak­ing the rounds and I absolutely want to share CSBI’s Mit­i­ga­tion Hier­ar­chy guide with you. The Cross-Sector Guide for Imple­ment­ing the Mit­i­ga­tion Hier­ar­chy pro­vides prac­ti­cal guid­ance, inno­v­a­tive approaches and exam­ples to sup­port oper­a­tional­iz­ing the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy effec­tively. … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité

Author(s): QUÉTIER, Fabien ; MOURA, Char­lotte ; MENUT, Thomas ; BOULNOIS, Rénald ; RUFRAY, Xavier Title: La com­pen­sa­tion écologique fonc­tion­nelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résidu­els des pro­jets d’aménagements sur la bio­di­ver­sité Year: 2015 In: La Revue d’IRSTEA. Sci­ences Eaux … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Land-Development Offset Policies in the Quest for Sustainability: What Can China Learn from Germany?

Author(s): Rong Tan, Rongyu Wang and Thomas Sedlin Title: Land-Development Off­set Poli­cies in the Quest for Sus­tain­abil­ity: What Can China Learn from Ger­many? Year: 2014 In: Sus­tain­abil­ity 2014, 6(6), 3400–3430; doi:10.3390/su6063400 Pages: pages 3400–3430. Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW REPORT: A comparative analysis of ecological compensation programs: The effect of program design on the social and ecological outcomes

Author(s): Niak Sian Koh, Thomas Hahn and Clau­dia Ituarte-Lima Title: A com­par­a­tive analy­sis of eco­log­i­cal com­pen­sa­tion pro­grams: The effect of pro­gram design on the social and eco­log­i­cal out­comes Year: 2014 In: This report is a prod­uct of an intern­ship under­taken dur­ing the Mas­ter … Con­tinue read­ing