What’s it about in short: blog post on the role of the private sector in financing biodiversity conservation in India
When was it released: March 22, 2015
By whom: Divya Narain
More info: https://divyanarain.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/can-csr-provide-biodiversity-finance-in-india/ Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Peter Kareiva and Clive Spash debate on new paths for conservation at ICCB conference 2015 in Montpellier
When was it released: August 2, 2015
By whom: Jocelyne Sze
More info: https://storify.com/jocelynesze/iccb-2015-kareiva-vs-spash Continue reading
This is a guest post by Joël Houdet who holds Senior Research Fellowships at the African Centre for Technology Studies (Nairobi, Kenya) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (University of Pretoria, South Africa).
This guest post is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a fruitful contribution to the discussion on biodiversity offsets. If you want to react or clarify your own position (underpin or disprove), please leave a reply below!
The 8th World ESP conference will be held in South Africa from 9–13 November 2015.
The central theme is ‘Ecosystem Services for Nature, People and Prosperity’. The conference will pay special attention to the public and private sector dialogue on how the ecosystem services concept can be used to support conservation, improve livelihoods and engage the business community.
ESP especially encourages delegates from businesses to attend the ESP conference in order to discuss challenges and opportunities in using the concept of ecosystem services to achieve conservation and sustainable use of our ‘natural capital’ within a market-context. The conference will provide an excellent platform to engage with experts who can generate solutions to these challenges and start making a difference in practice.
The conference will be held in South Africa and is hosted at a very special location: Spier Wine farm and Conference Centre in Stellenbosch. See location section for more information.
NOTE: Early Bird deadline extended
The deadline for Early Bird registration has been extended untill 4 September. Early Bird registration will close at 17:00 CET the 4th.
An incredible first year with the Biodiversity Offsets Blog has passed — time to say THANK YOU for your support and interest! I have met (in person and virtually) so many interesting people and learned about many interesting aspects of biodiversity offsets and impact mitigation from all around the world. Thanks for contributing, sharing and visiting the blog! It’s been a pleasure and an adventure.
I don’t feel like drawing conclusions or looking back at the moment, but rather share some brief observations (or outlook if you like).
And most of all: I am looking forward to another great year on the Biodiversity Offsets Blog and in real world!
What’s it about in short: letter by organizations and individuals to EU Commission on biodiversity offsetting concerns
When was it released: October 20, 2014
By whom: FERN
More info: http://www.fern.org/publications/ngo-statements/open-letter-commissioner-poto%C4%8Dnik-about-biodiversity-offsetting and http://www.redd-monitor.org/2014/10/21/stop-biodiversity-offsets-thousands-sign-letter-to-the-european-commission/ Continue reading
What’s it about in short: unanswered questions on the implementation of biodiversity offsets (in general and in the UK)
When was it released: April 20, 2015
By whom: British Ecological Society
More info: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2015/04/20/biodiversity-offsetting-uncertainty-and-unanswered-questions/ Continue reading
The world of biodiversity offsets is turning faster and faster — at least that’s what it feels like for me: there’s such a lot of information already out there and increasingly new bits are being added to the giant puzzle of knowledge. Now that sounds a bit pathetic, but you get what I mean.
With the capacity that I can dedicate to the blog being limited, I wondered how to face this growing amount of information and decided to create a new post category that is likely to become the most frequent format on the blog: the “SHORT INFO”.
Everything about these posts is meant to be short: smaller picture (if any) and very brief description, without comment or context as for my usual posts. They follow the same structure and provide some basic information on my online finds:
Hopefully, with this new tool I can share an even greater wealth of information with you as I come across it (and prevent news being buried in my “planned posts” list).
What do you think about this new format? Like it or not? Useful or not the right format? Please tell me what you think and leave a reply! (Oh, and see the first example here!)
What’s it about in short: article on the introduction of habitat banking in Spain (in Spanish)
When was it released: April 21, 2015
By whom: Sara Acosta (Cinco Días)
More info: http://cincodias.com/cincodias/2015/04/21/empresas/1429639895_153868.html Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Launch of the documentary “Banking Nature”
When was it released: June 27, 2015
By whom: FERN
More info: http://www.fern.org/publications/presentations/banking-nature-will-putting-price-nature-protect-it and https://youtu.be/7DoMQ229Vf8 Continue reading
Decision made: I have been awarded support for six months to complete my PhD — this means having a final draft by the end of this year!
As you see from the number of pages, I am already in the process of shortening and restructuring. Cactus is unimpressed and continues steady growth ;o)
August update:
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