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

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 is avail­able in an arti­cle by Radio New Zealand National.

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NEW ARTICLE: Biodiversity offsetting and conservation: reframing nature to save it

Author(s): Evan­gelia Apos­tolopoulou and William M. Adams

Title: Bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting and con­ser­va­tion: refram­ing nature to save it

Year: 2015

In: Oryx, Pub­lished online: 06 Octo­ber 2015

Pages: 9 pages

Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal article

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9991488&fileId=S0030605315000782

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SHORT INFO: New environmental offsets framework in Queensland

What’s it about in short: On 1 July 2014, the new envi­ron­men­tal off­sets frame­work was intro­duced in Queens­land, Australia.

When was it released: April 16, 2015

By whom: Cop­per Grace Ward Lawyers

More info: http://www.cgw.com.au/publication/new-environmental-offsets-framework-in-queensland/?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=View-Original Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: The battle of Lodge Hill (part 8) — good news to end your week

lodge hillWhat’s it about in short: con­tro­versy on the poten­tial off­set site of Lodge Hill (Kent, UK)

When was it released: Feb­ru­ary 13, 2015

By whom: Mar­tin Harper, RSPB

More info: http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/ourwork/b/martinharper/archive/2015/02/13/the-battle-of-lodge-hill-part-8.aspx Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: More financing for natural capital projects

european commissionWhat’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: Biodiversity offsets accounting system in New Zealand

What’s it about in short: web­site pre­sent­ing the New Zealand account­ing sys­tem for bio­di­ver­sity off­sets (includ­ing guid­ance documents)

When was it released: -

By whom: New Zealand Depart­ment of Conservation

More info: http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/our-policies-and-plans/guidance-on-biodiversity-offsetting/biodiversity-offsets-accounting-system/ Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: The jury is still out on biodiversity offsets: reply to Quétier et al.

Ecological applicationsAuthor(s): Michael Cur­ran, Ste­fanie Hell­weg, and Jan Beck

Title: The jury is still out on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets: reply to Quétier et al.

Year: 2015

In: Eco­log­i­cal Appli­ca­tions 25:1741–1746

Pages: 1741–1746

Pub­li­ca­tion type: Let­ter to the editor

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/14–2363.1

NEW ARTICLE: Biodiversity offsets are one solution to widespread poorly compensated biodiversity loss: a response to Curran et al.

Ecological applicationsAuthor(s): Fabien Quétier, Astrid J. A. Van Teef­fe­len, John D. Pil­grim, Amrei von Hase, and Kerry ten Kate

Title: Bio­di­ver­sity off­sets are one solu­tion to wide­spread poorly com­pen­sated bio­di­ver­sity loss: a response to Cur­ran et al.

Year: 2015

In: Eco­log­i­cal Appli­ca­tions 25:1739–1741

Pages: 1739–1741

Pub­li­ca­tion type: Let­ter to the editor

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/14–1217.1

NEW ARTICLE: Mitigating Biodiversity Concerns in Eucalyptus Plantations Located in South China

Author(s): Roger A. Williams

Title: Mit­i­gat­ing Bio­di­ver­sity Con­cerns in Euca­lyp­tus Plan­ta­tions Located in South China

Year: 2015

In: Jour­nal of Bio­sciences and Med­i­cines, 3, 1–8

Pages: 1–8

Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal article

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=57099&utm_campaign=linkedin&utm_medium=yh#.VYPVa0ZHVm8 Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets


pipesAuthor(s): 
Martine MaronAscelin GordonBrendan G. MackeyHugh P. Possingham & James E. M. Watson

Title: Con­ser­va­tion: Stop mis­use of bio­di­ver­sity offsets

Year: 2015

In: Nature523, 401–403()

Pages: 401–403

Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle (comment)

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://www.nature.com/news/conservation-stop-misuse-of-biodiversity-offsets-1.18010 Con­tinue read­ing