Cactus status post #14

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Now focus is on qual­ity, not quan­tity — doing some more refin­ing to my the­sis. Noth­ing new for the cactus…

Sep­tem­ber update:

Cac­tus: 76 cm / PhD: 297 pages

2015, August:

Cac­tus: 74 cm / PhD: 298 pages

2015, July:

Cac­tus: 70 cm / PhD: 305 pages

2015, June:

Cac­tus: 66 cm / PhD: 205 pages

2015, May:

Cac­tus: 61 cm / PhD: 181 pages

2015, April:

Cac­tus: 53 cm / PhD: 171 pages

2015, March:

Cac­tus: 49 cm / PhD: 153 pages

2015, Feb­ru­ary:

Cac­tus: 47 cm / PhD: 145 pages

2015, Jan­u­ary:

Cac­tus: 42 cm / PhD: 139 pages Con­tinue read­ing →

NEW ARTICLE: Offsetting Biodiversity: Greening or Greenwashing?

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forest-canopy-600x450Author(s): Mar­tine Maron and James Watson

Title: Off­set­ting Bio­di­ver­sity: Green­ing or Greenwashing?

Year: 2015

In: National Geo­graphic, July 22, 2015

Pages: -

Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access article

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/22/offsetting-biodiversity-greening-or-greenwashing/ Con­tinue read­ing →

NEW ARTICLE: Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

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Author(s): Megan C. Evans, Josie Car­war­dine, Rod J. Fen­sham, Don W. But­ler, Ker­rie A. Wil­son, Hugh P. Poss­ing­ham, Tara G. Martin

Title: Car­bon farm­ing via assisted nat­ural regen­er­a­tion as a cost-effective mech­a­nism for restor­ing bio­di­ver­sity in agri­cul­tural landscapes

Year: 2015

In: Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence & Pol­icy Vol­ume 50, June 2015, Pages 114–129

Pages: 114–129

Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal article

Lan­guage: English

Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901115000222 Con­tinue read­ing →

NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement

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Author(s): Harold Lev­rel, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, Julien Hay, Gilles Mar­tin, Gilles Pioch

Title: Restau­rer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement

Year: 2015

Pages: 320

Pub­li­ca­tion type: book

Lan­guage: French

Source: http://www.quae.com/fr/r4643-restaurer-la-nature-pour-attenuer-les-impacts-du-developpement.html?utm_content=148586&utm_source=Dolist&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_term=mesures+compensatoires&utm_campaign=restaurer+la+nature-10238368 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: http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/publications/natural-resource-security-publications/doing-business-with-nature-infographic and www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/publications/publication-pdfs/natural-capital-infographic.pdf Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO — Potential for Biodiversity Offsets as a Biodiversity Finance Mechanism in India

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What’s it about in short: Poten­tial for Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets as a Bio­di­ver­sity Finance Mech­a­nism in India — a pre­sen­ta­tion made at the CBD work­shop on ‘the role of pri­vate sec­tor in achiev­ing national bio­di­ver­sity finance tar­gets’ at CII’s 10th National Sus­tain­abil­ity Sum­mit in New Delhi on Sep. 16th 2015

When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 16, 2015

By whom: Divya Narain

More info: http://de.slideshare.net/DivyaNarain2/biodiversity-offsets

SHORT INFO — Does it help conservation to put a price on nature? — article and related LinkedIn discussion

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What’s it about in short: arti­cle and related LinkedIn dis­cus­sion on the ben­e­fits and risks of eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (with some ref­er­ences to bio­di­ver­sity offsets)

When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 11, 2015

By whom: Roger Har­ris, Bio­di­ver­sity Professionals

More info: http://biodiversityprofessionals.org/does-it-help-conservation-to-put-a-price-on-nature/ and https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/3667510–6048136077074583555 Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO — Should conservation organizations treat nature as natural capital? — An opinion piece by Jacob Salcone

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What’s it about in short: opin­ion piece on the role of nature con­ser­va­tion orga­ni­za­tions in the dis­cus­sion about eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (Nat­ural Capital)

When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 3, 2015

By whom: Jacob Sal­cone, IUCN

More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/oceania/?21849/Should-conservation-organizations-treat-nature-as-natural-capital—An-opinion-piece-by-Jacob-Salcone Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO — The Nature Conservancy’s Development by Design global program

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What’s it about in short: launch of the web plat­form of The Nature Conservancy’s Devel­op­ment by Design global program

When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 15, 2015

By whom: Bruce McKen­ney and Joe Kiesecker, the Nature Conservancy

More info: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/smart-development/index.htm Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO — NSW Election 2015: Baird biodiversity offsets plan endangered under Labour

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What’s it about in short: arti­cle on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and pol­icy change (?) in New South Wales, Australia

When was it released: March 6, 2015

By whom: Peter Han­nam, The Syd­ney Morn­ing Herald

More info: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-2015-baird-biodiversity-offsets-plan-endangered-under-labor-20150306-13xcp1.html Con­tinue read­ing →