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

la mirada de mercados de medio ambienteWhat’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

Cactus status post #18

Cactus 18

With the last few weeks ahead I am heav­ily work­ing on refin­ing and short­en­ing my PhD the­sis — a tough task to make the whole thing coher­ent and dense in terms of infor­ma­tion and under­stand­able at the same time. No news for the cac­tus (prob­a­bly enjoy­ing the con­stantly chang­ing weather con­di­tions for deeply freez­ing to almost spring like) …

2016, Jan­u­ary update:

Cac­tus: 79 cm / PhD: 338 pages

Decem­ber update:

Cac­tus: 79 cm / PhD: 362 pages

2015, Novem­ber:

Cac­tus: 79 cm / PhD: 351 pages

2015, Octo­ber:

Cac­tus: 79 cm / PhD: 327 pages

2015, Sep­tem­ber:

Cac­tus: 76 cm / PhD: 297 pages Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Biodiversity offsetting – learning from success and failure

What’s it about in short: Can bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting really help us com­pen­sate for envi­ron­men­tal dam­age caused by devel­op­ment, or is it just a licence to trash? Fauna & Flora International’s David Marsh looks at some of the lessons we have learned about this (often con­tro­ver­sial) tool.

When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 4, 2015

By whom: Fauna & Flora Inter­na­tional, David Marsh

More info: http://www.fauna-flora.org/biodiversity-offsetting-learning-from-success-and-failure/

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Follow up on Biodiversity offsetting public forum in the Niagara region (Canada)

I had announced the pub­lic forum on bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting in the Nia­gara region (Canada) yes­ter­day. If you could not par­tic­i­pate and are nev­er­the­less inter­ested in the results, have a look at the youtube video and see also some pho­tos on twitter.

In the meet­ing con­cerns about bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting have been expressed.

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Biodiversity offsetting public forum in the Niagara region (Canada) on January 27, 2016

Here’s some last minute infor­ma­tion on a pub­lic forum on bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting in the Nia­gara region (Canada). The pub­lic forum will be a vehi­cle for cit­i­zens to voice their opin­ion and ask ques­tions relat­ing to offsetting.

Date: Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 27, 2015

Time: 6:30 pm (local time)

Loca­tion: Balls Falls Con­ser­va­tion Area, (a 20 minute drive from Brock University)

Fee: -

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

View of Eng­lish graz­ing sheep in countryside

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 achieve land­scape scale restora­tion of nat­ural places and systems.

When was it released: Jan­u­ary 25, 2016

By whom: Green Alliance, Sue Arm­strong Brown

More info: http://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2016/01/25/natural-capital-and-nature-conservation-champions-dont-need-to-fight/

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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 the pdf of the learn­ing tool — also in Span­ish here) Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Achieving Conservation and Development: 10 Principles for Applying the Mitigation Hierarchy

What’s it about in short: The Con­ser­vancy has pub­lished 10 Prin­ci­ples for Apply­ing the Mit­i­ga­tion Hierarchy.

When was it released: Jan­u­ary 13, 2016

By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambiente

More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/10-principios-para-aplicar-la-jerarquia-de-mitigacion/ (in Span­ish, see the pdf in Eng­lish here) Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Landscape Restoration: It’s Time

restorationWhat’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/

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SHORT INFO: La biodiversité, premier grand texte au menu du Sénat

What’s it about in short: pro­jet de loi — the French draft bio­di­ver­sity law will be dis­cussed in the sen­ate, start­ing today (includes pro­vi­sions on com­pen­sa­tion measures)

When was it released: Jan­u­ary 6, 2016

By whom: Pub­lic Sénat

More info: hhttp://www.publicsenat.fr/lcp/politique/biodiversite-premier-grand-texte-menu-senat-1189258?

see also my related post: Pro­jet de loi pour la recon­quête de la bio­di­ver­sité, de la nature et des paysages

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