This is a guest post by Naazia Ebrahim of the OECD Environment Directorate. This comment has previously been published on OECD Insights. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a fruitful … Continue reading
There’s another BBOP webinar upcoming in two days time from now, i.e. Thursday (or Wednesday evening for the US and related time zones). This time the topic is: “Biodiversity Offsetting Practice — Western Sydney, Australia”. Tom Grosskopf and Derek Steller from … Continue reading
I have been following the work of Megan Evans (who is PhDing at at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia) for quite a while, now. Not only in personal communication or via her publications (by the way, Megan, I should tell … Continue reading
I don’t know why I usually find myself reading the likes of those lists and instructions “10 things to know…”, “3 reasons for…” or “100 places to visit…”, even though I have seen them so many times before. The reason … Continue reading
After I have covered the new biodiversity offset fund in New South Wales and the biodiversity offset policy in the Australian Capital Territory in previous posts I would like to point to the New Environmental Offsets Regime for Queensland. On 1 July … Continue reading
“This approach – biodiversity offsets – is becoming popular with governments around the world because it appears to provide a win-win: ongoing development without further loss of declining biodiversity.” Biodiversity Offset Policy in the ACT A biodiversity offset policy is underway … Continue reading