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SHORT INFO: Extractives industries in Africa: Blessing or Curse?

Marianne Darbi — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:46:01 +0000

What’s it about in short: article adsressing the aims of BirdLife International, IUCN and WWF to balance extractives industries in Africa with social and envieonmental concerns When was it released: June 12, 2015 By whom: Ken Mwathe, BirdLife More info: … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO — Biotope au Congrès Mondial de Biologie de la Conservation

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 05:57:03 +0000

What’s it about in short: Fabien Quétier from french consultancy Biotope presented work on biodiversity offsets in Africa at ICCB conference in Montpellier, August 2015 (in French) When was it released: August 25, 2015 By whom: Biotope More info: http://www.biotope.fr/fr/biotope-au-congres-mondial-de-biologie-de-la-conservation … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 17–23, 2014

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:48:42 +0000

About the Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek If you are interested in environmental compensation and biodiversity offsets, there are certainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of information from different sources, locations and viewpoints publicly available (something which wasn’t this … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 10–16, 2014

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:36:55 +0000

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CALL FOR ISSUE PAPERS — RESPONSIBLE NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMIES IN AFRICA

guest — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:06:37 +0000

This is a guest post by Joël Houdet, Senior Research Fellow at African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Johannesburg (South Africa). For any further information, please contact Joël directly. Call for issue papers: Responsible Natural Resource Economies in Africa. The African Center for Technology Studies … Continue reading →

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Policy Development for Environmental Licensing and Biodiversity Offsets in Latin America — new paper by Villarroya, Barros and Kiesecker

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:22:48 +0000

Ana Villarroya, Ana Christina Barros and Joe Kiesecker have published a new paper on “Policy Development for Environmental Licensing and Biodiversity Offsets in Latin America” in PLOS ONE. You can access the full paper here (open access) and find the abstract copied … Continue reading →

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Great Apes and Biodiversity Offset Projects in Africa: The Case for National Offset Strategies — new paper by Kormos et al

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:23:16 +0000

Rebecca Kormos, Cyril F. Kormos, Tatyana Humle, Annette Lanjouw, Helga Rainer, Ray Victurine, A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, Mamadou S. Diallo and Elizabeth A. Williamson have published a new paper on “Great Apes and Biodiversity Offset Projects in Africa: The Case for National Offset Strategies” in Methods … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 3–9, 2014

Marianne Darbi — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 14:23:55 +0000

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