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Biodiversity a-z — online glossaries launched by UNEP

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:11:04 +0000

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 →

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Biodiversity Offsets — A collection of news by Carlos Ferreira on Scoop.it

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:03:30 +0000

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 →

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Blogs on Biodiversity Offsets

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:23:39 +0000

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 →

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Nature is not for sale! 2nd Forum on the Natural Commons on 2 June 2014 at the Regent’s Park Hub, London

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:01:13 +0000

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 →

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George Monbiot’s criticism on Biodiversity Offsets and the Natural Capital Agenda: “The pricing of Everything”

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:37:02 +0000

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 →

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Doctrine ERC (Eviter-Reduire-Compenser) — Application of the Mitigation Hierarchy in France

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:21:58 +0000

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 →

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No Net Loss Conference Conclusions and Summary are out

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:19:22 +0000

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 →

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New article on Mining and Biodiversity Offsets

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:45:25 +0000

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 →

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BBOP: Introducing the Business and Biodiversity Offset Program

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:22:19 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

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