Ana Villarroya, Ana Christina Barros and Joe Kiesecker have published a new paper on “Policy Development for Environmental Licensing and Biodiversity Offsets in Latin America” in PLOS ONE. You can access the full paper here (open access) and find the abstract copied … Continue reading
Rebecca Kormos, Cyril F. Kormos, Tatyana Humle, Annette Lanjouw, Helga Rainer, Ray Victurine, A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, Mamadou S. Diallo and Elizabeth A. Williamson have published a new paper on “Great Apes and Biodiversity Offset Projects in Africa: The Case for National Offset Strategies” in Methods … Continue reading
UK-based consultancy “The Biodiversity Consultancy” (TBC) has published a report entitled “Review of the Taninthayi Nature Reserve Project as a conservation model in Myanmar” (authors: E. H. B. Pollard, Soe Win Hlaing and J. D. Pilgrim). The study was commissioned … Continue reading
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has launched a new and improved A-Z of Biodiversity. This is a cluster of online glossaries about biodiversity. Thanks to Eward Pollard for pointing to this. Try it out here and find some more … Continue reading
Josianne Claudia Sales Rosa and Luis E. Sánchez have published a new paper on “Is the ecosystem service concept improving impact assessment? Evidence from recent international practice” in Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Volume 50, January 2015, Pages 134–142). You can … Continue reading
Malika Virah-Sawmy, Johannes Ebeling and Roslyn Taplin have published a new paper on “Mining and biodiversity offsets: A transparent and science-based approach to measure “no-net-loss” in Journal of Environmental Management (Volume 143, 1 October 2014, Pages 61–70). Read more here and … Continue reading
This report introduces the Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment (ESR for IA), a six step method to address project impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services as part of the environmental and social impact assessment process. The steps build on … Continue reading
Baptiste Regnery has prepared a PhD study at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris on the application of biodiversity offsets in France in 2013. It is entitled “Les mesures compensatoires pour la biodiversité. Conception et perspectives d’application” (in French language). … Continue reading
Ana Villarroya Ballarin has prepared a PhD study focusing on environmental impact assessment and biodiversity offsets in Spain at the faculty of sciences at University of Navarra. The work is entitled “ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN SPAIN: CURRENT … Continue reading
A recent policy brief (October 2014) has been prepared by Sustainable Prosperity on biodiversity offsets in the Canadian context. See the pdf of the policy brief here and the key messages below. Agenda for Biodiversity Offsets in Canada_Policy brief_Oct 2014 … Continue reading