Business and Biodiversity session at Conservation Optimism Summit (21st April 2017)

If you’ve been around social media in recent weeks and inter­ested in nature con­ser­va­tion, you prob­a­bly have come across the Con­ser­va­tion Opti­mism Sum­mit (held in Lon­don, 20–22 April 2017). There has been a lot of excite­ment and pos­i­tivism. This, how­ever … Con­tinue read­ing

How can regulators support business to go green? Please share your knowledge and experiences!

The EKLIPSE project, funded by the EU in H2020, is devel­op­ing a Euro­pean Mech­a­nism to answer requests from pol­icy mak­ers and other soci­etal actors on bio­di­ver­sity related issues. A request on sup­port­ing busi­nesses to improve the out­comes of their oper­a­tions … 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

NEW REPORT: Conservation Finance — From Niche to Mainstream

Author(s): Credit Suisse AG and McK­in­sey Cen­ter for Busi­ness and Envi­ron­ment Title: Con­ser­va­tion Finance — From Niche to Main­stream: The Build­ing of an Insti­tu­tional Asset Class Year: 2016 Pages: 28. Pub­li­ca­tion type: report Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: https://www.environmental-finance.com/content/research/conservation-finance-from-niche-to-mainstream.html and find the pdf … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW REPORT: Interactive Guide on Natural Capital for Financial Institutions

Author(s): VBDO, CREM Title: Inter­ac­tive Guide on Nat­ural Cap­i­tal for Finan­cial Insti­tu­tions Year: 2016 Pages: 169. Pub­li­ca­tion type: report Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/biblioteca/capital-natural/425_interactive-guide-on-natural-capital-for-financial-institutions/#gdQ0rUdaAbtIZJYE (in Span­ish) and the link to the pdf of the arti­cle (full text, in Eng­lish) … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural Capital Day

What’s it about in short: Miles King writes about Nat­ural Cap­i­tal day at the Green Alliance and the related report (called Nat­ural Part­ners) and debate. When was it released: Jan­u­ary 27, 2016 By whom: Miles King, a new nature blog More … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: La Mirada de Mercados de Medio Ambiente — no. 4 of the newsletter

What’s it about in short: no. 4 of the newslet­ter of Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente (includ­ing arti­cles on nat­ural cap­i­tal, bio­di­ver­sity and sus­tain­abil­ity) When was it released: Octo­ber — Decem­ber, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/La-Mirada-de-MdMA-n.%C2%BA-4.html … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural capital and nature conservation champions don’t need to fight

What’s it about in short: Green Alliance’s pol­icy direc­tor, Sue Arm­strong Brown says if the mar­ket pays to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it can and con­ser­va­tion inter­venes to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it must, is the best chance we have to … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Herramienta de aprendizaje sobre medidas de mitigación apropiadas para cada país en la agricultura, silvicultura y otros usos de la tierra Leer más: Herramienta de aprendizaje sobre medidas de mitigación apropiadas para cada país en la agricultura, silvicultura y otros usos de la tierra

What’s it about in short: FAO has pub­lished a Learn­ing tool on appro­pri­ate mit­i­ga­tion mea­sures in agri­cul­ture, forestry and other land uses in dif­fer­ent coun­tries When was it released: Jan­u­ary 22, 2016 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/herramienta-de-aprendizaje-sobre-medidas-de-mitigacion-apropiadas-para-cada-pais-en-la-agricultura-silvicultura-y-otros-usos-de-la-tierra/ (in Span­ish, see … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Landscape Restoration: It’s Time

What’s it about in short: From the very first speeches on the first day of COP21, landscape-scale restora­tion was on the global agenda as never before.   When was it released: Decem­ber 24, 2015 By whom: P.J. Mar­shall More info: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/12/landscape-restoration-time/ … Con­tinue read­ing