Presentations and Webinars on Biodiversity Offsets

The dis­cus­sion on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets has flour­ished in the past years. As a result, experts and prac­ti­tion­ers have given numer­ous pre­sen­ta­tions and webi­nars on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets. These will be cov­ered in this sec­tion. To start off you can find my pre­sen­ta­tions in the con­text of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets below, and a pre­lim­i­nary list with links as pdf here.

BBOP webinar today, Wednesday, October 12, 2016: France’s new biodiversity law and implications for no net loss of biodiveristy

This is a last minute reminder to reg­is­ter for another inter­est­ing BBOP webi­nar, tak­ing place today, Octo­ber 12. Ophélie Darses, Deputy Bureau Chief of Global Pub­lic Goods from the French Min­istry of Envi­ron­ment, Energy and Sea, and Fabien Quétier from the … Con­tinue read­ing

No Net Loss and Biodiversity Offsets: documentation from the EcoSummit

As I had promised ear­lier, I am shar­ing with you some impres­sions and pre­sen­ta­tions from our bio­di­ver­sity off­sets ses­sion at the recent Eco­Sum­mit in Mont­pel­lier. After the gen­eral ses­sion descrip­tion and line-up of speak­ers, find below the abstract and pre­sen­ta­tion … Con­tinue read­ing

Webinar on Thursday, September 22, 2016: Principles for Achieving Net Gain Biodiversity Outcomes from Development

In this webi­nar, brought to you by IEMA, CIRIA and CIEEM, Julia Baker will out­line and review the best prac­tice prin­ci­ples for UK indus­try to achieve bio­di­ver­sity net gain out­comes from devel­op­ment. It will focus on recent prin­ci­ples, drafted and … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Confronting threats to marine ecosystems through the use of biodiversity offsets

What’s it about in short: infor­ma­tion on marine bio­di­ver­sity off­sets (via a related sym­po­sium and BBOP webi­nar) When was it released: August 18, 2016 By whom: Nicki Shumway More info: Pre­sen­ta­tion by Nicole Shumway, http://brisbane2016.scboceania.org/sessions/confronting-threats-to-marine-ecosystems-through-the-use-of-biodiversity-offsets/ … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar on Wednesday, August 3, 2016: Avoidance in the implementation of wetland law and policy

There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing, tomor­row, 3 August. Avoid­ance is meant to be the first and most impor­tant step in the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy. In prac­tice how­ever, some decision-makers often fail to pri­or­i­tize avoid­ance and min­i­miza­tion efforts prior to off­set­ting, or … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Think Net Positive! — talk by Kerry ten Kate

What’s it about in short: Kerry ten Kate speaks on When was it released: June 21, 2016 By whom: Kerry ten Kate gives a vibrant talk on net pos­i­tive impact on bio­di­ver­sity and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets as part of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar on Friday, January 15, 2015: Biodiversity Offsets in Chile: from goals to reality

There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing, on Jan­u­ary 15. This time the topic is: “Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets in Chile:  from goals to real­ity”. In this webi­nar, Clau­dia Silva, Con­ser­va­tion Strat­egy Coor­di­na­tor of the Wildlife Con­ser­va­tion Soci­ety — Chile, will exam­ine gaps that need … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar on Wednesday, November 18, 2015: Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ application of the mitigation hierarchy

There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing, Wednes­day, Novem­ber 18. This time the topic is: “Net­work Rail Infra­struc­ture Projects’ appli­ca­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy”. Uk’s Net­work Rail Infra­struc­ture Project presents the progress on its Net Pos­i­tive com­mit­ment. As usual the webi­nar is part … Con­tinue read­ing

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

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 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Banking Nature: will putting a price on nature protect it?

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