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
I usually stroll through the net searching for news on biodiversity offsets. Actually I have the feeling that I don’t need to search for the news anymore, but the news “find me”. I come across an interesting article, a new … Continue reading
There are a number of blogs on Biodiversity offsets out there in the internet if you google a bit. However, as most of the information on biodiversity offsets is rather fragmented (with the exeption of the Business and Biodiversity Offset … Continue reading
Counter event to the No Net Loss Conference: 2nd Forum on the Natural Commons on 2 June 2014 in London Critics of Biodiversity Offsets have a growing lobby, especially in the UK, where the government seems to rush wanting to push … Continue reading
Criticism on the Natural Capital Agenda and Biodiversity Offsets George Monbiot has presented a detailed (however mostly negative) analysis of his criticism on the Natural Capital Agenda (in the UK) including Biodiversity Offsets as one part of it at his … Continue reading
While I know that France has been making huge efforts to improve impact mitigation and foster biodiversity offsets I just came across some interesting websites by the French Ministry for the Environment (Ministère de l’écologie, du développement durable et de … Continue reading
Follow-up section available on the website of the No Net Loss Conference I have just checked the website of the “To No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Beyond” Conference (London, 3–4 June 2014). There is now a whole follow-up section … Continue reading
As announced in the BBOP No Net Loss Discussion group Malika Virah-Sawmy has published an article on “Mining and biodiversity offsets: A transparent and science-based approach to measure no-net-loss”. Here’s the link to the article https://theconversation.com/does-offsetting-work-to-make-up-for-habitat-lost-to-mining-27699 And here’s the link … Continue reading
Biodiversity Offsets and BBOP If you enter “biodiversity offsets” in Google the first results that you obtain are from the Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP). The BBOP platform (pronounced “beebop”) is in place since 2004 and has recently celebrated its … Continue reading