NEW BOOK: Protecting the Environment, Privately — including mining offsets in NSW

Editor(s): Jef­frey Ben­nett Title: Pro­tect­ing the Envi­ron­ment, Pri­vately Year: 2015 Pages: 380 pages Pub­li­ca­tion type: book Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675444_0015 Chap­ter 15 of this book is ded­i­cated to bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in min­ing in Aus­tralia: Robert Gille­spie (2015) Min­ing Off­sets in NSW. Pro­tect­ing the Envi­ron­ment, … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW BOOK: Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis

Author(s): Marie A Brown, R T Theo Stephens, Raewyn Peart and Bevis Fed­der Title: Van­ish­ing Nature: fac­ing New Zealand’s bio­di­ver­sity cri­sis Year: 2015 In: pub­lished by Envi­ron­men­tal Defence Soci­ety, New Zealand Pages: ~200 pages Pub­li­ca­tion type: book Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.eds.org.nz/our-work/publications/books/vanishing-nature-facing-new-zealands-biodiversity/ Addi­tional infor­ma­tion … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Biodiversity offsetting and conservation: reframing nature to save it

Author(s): Evan­gelia Apos­tolopoulou and William M. Adams Title: Bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting and con­ser­va­tion: refram­ing nature to save it Year: 2015 In: Oryx, Pub­lished online: 06 Octo­ber 2015 Pages: 9 pages Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9991488&fileId=S0030605315000782 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: The jury is still out on biodiversity offsets: reply to Quétier et al.

Author(s): Michael Cur­ran, Ste­fanie Hell­weg, and Jan Beck Title: The jury is still out on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets: reply to Quétier et al. Year: 2015 In: Eco­log­i­cal Appli­ca­tions 25:1741–1746 Pages: 1741–1746 Pub­li­ca­tion type: Let­ter to the edi­tor Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/14–2363.1 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Biodiversity offsets are one solution to widespread poorly compensated biodiversity loss: a response to Curran et al.

Author(s): Fabien Quétier, Astrid J. A. Van Teef­fe­len, John D. Pil­grim, Amrei von Hase, and Kerry ten Kate Title: Bio­di­ver­sity off­sets are one solu­tion to wide­spread poorly com­pen­sated bio­di­ver­sity loss: a response to Cur­ran et al. Year: 2015 In: Eco­log­i­cal Appli­ca­tions 25:1739–1741 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Mitigating Biodiversity Concerns in Eucalyptus Plantations Located in South China

Author(s): Roger A. Williams Title: Mit­i­gat­ing Bio­di­ver­sity Con­cerns in Euca­lyp­tus Plan­ta­tions Located in South China Year: 2015 In: Jour­nal of Bio­sciences and Med­i­cines, 3, 1–8 Pages: 1–8 Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=57099&utm_campaign=linkedin&utm_medium=yh#.VYPVa0ZHVm8 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets

Author(s): Mar­tine Maron, Ascelin Gor­don, Bren­dan G. Mackey, Hugh P. Poss­ing­ham & James E. M. Wat­son Title: Con­ser­va­tion: Stop mis­use of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets Year: 2015 In: Nature523, 401–403(23 July 2015) Pages: 401–403 Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle (com­ment) Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.nature.com/news/conservation-stop-misuse-of-biodiversity-offsets-1.18010 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Offsetting Biodiversity: Greening or Greenwashing?

Author(s): Mar­tine Maron and James Wat­son Title: Off­set­ting Bio­di­ver­sity: Green­ing or Green­wash­ing? Year: 2015 In: National Geo­graphic, July 22, 2015 Pages: - Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/22/offsetting-biodiversity-greening-or-greenwashing/ … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Author(s): Megan C. Evans, Josie Car­war­dine, Rod J. Fen­sham, Don W. But­ler, Ker­rie A. Wil­son, Hugh P. Poss­ing­ham, Tara G. Mar­tin Title: Car­bon farm­ing via assisted nat­ural regen­er­a­tion as a cost-effective mech­a­nism for restor­ing bio­di­ver­sity in agri­cul­tural land­scapes Year: 2015 In: Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence & Pol­icy Vol­ume 50, June 2015, Pages … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement

Author(s): Harold Lev­rel, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, Julien Hay, Gilles Mar­tin, Gilles Pioch Title: Restau­rer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développe­ment Year: 2015 Pages: 320 Pub­li­ca­tion type: book Lan­guage: French Source: http://www.quae.com/fr/r4643-restaurer-la-nature-pour-attenuer-les-impacts-du-developpement.html?utm_content=148586&utm_source=Dolist&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_term=mesures+compensatoires&utm_campaign=restaurer+la+nature-10238368 … Con­tinue read­ing