Category Archives: Wider context of Biodiversity Offsets

Wider context of Biodiversity Offsets

SHORT INFO: Could the UK be sitting on wasteland that offers £7bn in unused ‘natural capital’?

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What’s it about in short: arti­cle on the poten­tial of “waste­land” in terms of nat­ural cap­i­tal in the UK, based on a pilot project. When was it released: Octo­ber 29, 2015 By whom: Sam Tar­rant More info: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/could-uk-sitting-wasteland-offers-7bn-unused-natural-capital-tarrant?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish and http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2430288/could-the-uk-be-sitting-on-wasteland-that-offers-gbp7bn-in-unused-natural-capital (pay-walled) … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: 10 términos esenciales para los CEO en materia de capital natural y sostenibilidad

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What’s it about in short: ter­mi­nol­ogy of nat­ural cap­i­tal and sus­tain­abil­ity — 10 essen­tial terms for CEOs When was it released: Octo­ber 22, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/10-terminos-esenciales-para-los-ceo-en-materia-de-capital-natural-y-sostenibilidad/#gdQ0aQHYwoqKLHPu (in Span­ish, see the info­graphic in Eng­lish) … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Valuing the services of nature and why it is so important for business

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What’s it about in short: LinkedIn Post on the val­u­a­tion of ecosys­tem ser­vices and nat­ural cap­i­tal (busi­ness case) When was it released: Octo­ber 15, 2015 By whom: Pankaj Arora More info: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/valuing-services-nature-why-so-important-business-pankaj-arora?trk=hp-feed-article-title-share … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: La Mirada de Mercados de Medio Ambiente — no. 3 of the newsletter

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What’s it about in short: no. 3 of the newslet­ter of Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente (includ­ing arti­cles on nat­ural cap­i­tal, bio­di­ver­sity and sus­tain­abil­ity) When was it released: July — Sep­tem­ber, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/LaMiradaN.3.html … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Deberían las organizaciones conservacionistas tratar a la naturaleza como capital natural? — Should conservation organizations treat nature as capital?

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What’s it about in short: dis­cus­sion on the role of nature con­ser­va­tion orga­ni­za­tions towards nat­ural cap­i­tal (orig­i­nally writ­ten by Jacob Sal­cone form IUCN Ocea­nia) When was it released: Octo­ber 7, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/opinion/deberian-las-organizaciones-conservacionistas-tratar-a-la-naturaleza-como-capital-natural/ (in … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Creando redes — Restaurando el Capital Natural

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What’s it about in short: New plat­form for the restora­tion of nat­ural cap­i­tal When was it released: — By whom: Adrián Mohmed, Ana Mén­dez, Alberto Fer­nán­dez, San­dro Magro More info: https://forocreandoredes.wordpress.com/quienes-somos/ … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: What’s next for the EU2020 strategy to protect biodiversity?

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What’s it about in short: The author men­tions tar­gets for the remain­ing five years towards the EU2020 strat­egy. When was it released: Octo­ber 16, 2015 By whom: Sanya Khetani-Shah More info: http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/whats-next-eu2020-strategy-protect-biodiversity … Con­tinue read­ing →

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

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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 →

SHORT INFO: More financing for natural capital projects

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What’s it about in short: Euro­pean Com­mis­sion launches Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Financ­ing Facil­ity When was it released: May 31, 2015 By whom: Euro­pean Com­mis­sion More info: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/efe/articles/2015/03/article_20150331_01_en.htm … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO — infographic on business opportunities from natural capital challenges

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What’s it about in short:  The ‘Busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties from nat­ural cap­i­tal chal­lenges’ info­graphic depicts the alarm­ing degra­da­tion rates of the quan­tity and qual­ity of water, bio­di­ver­sity and soil. When was it released: Feb­ru­ary 17, 2015 By whom: Cam­bridge Insti­tute for Sus­tain­abil­ity Lead­er­ship More info: … Con­tinue read­ing →