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SHORT INFO: Loi sur la biodiversité : « Ne tirez plus sur l’ambulance ! » (French biodiversity law)

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:49:32 +0000

What’s it about in short: Harold Levrel and Anne Teyssèdre comment on the parlamentary debate and news reporting about the new French biodiversity law When was it released: February 1, 2016 By whom: Harold Levrel and Anne Teyssèdre, le monde More info: http://www.lemonde.fr/biodiversite/article/2016/02/01/loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-l-ambulance_4857351_1652692.html#mmEh4v1zjMye2eP0.99 … Continue reading →

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

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:07:58 +0000

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? … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO: Projet de loi pour la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:36:44 +0000

What’s it about in short: projet de loi — public consultation on the French draft biodiversity law ends today (includes provisions on compensation measures) When was it released: December 18, 2015 By whom:Joël Labbé More info: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/project/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/presentation/presentation-et-suivi-6 Link to the … Continue reading →

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Conference on Ecological compensation in Sweden (Nov 18, 2015 in Stockholm)

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:22:33 +0000

Today I want to share with you some short information on a few past and future events you might be interested in. The first one is a conference on ecological compensation in Sweden, jointly organised by consultancy Enetjärn Natur and … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO — Land, biodiversity and extractive industries in southern Africa

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:59:02 +0000

What’s it about in short: “Mining companies are some of the heaviest polluters and they are bound to comply and pay for clean-up and environmental remediation.” says report on extractive industries in Southern Africa. When was it released: September 17, 2013 … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets are all-around at the 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology ICCB-ECCB 2015

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:28:01 +0000

I am at ICCB-ECCB (27th International Congress for Conservation Biology) in Montpellier (France) this whole week (I have blogged about this some weeks ago). That’s a tremendous gathering of more than 2000 conservation scientists and biodiversity experts from all over … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity a-z — online glossaries launched by UNEP

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:11:04 +0000

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has launched a new and improved A-Z of Biodiversity. This is a cluster of online glossaries about biodiversity. Thanks to Eward Pollard for pointing to this. Try it out here and find some more … Continue reading →

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Is the ecosystem service concept improving impact assessment? Evidence from recent international practice — new paper by Sales Rosa and Sánchez

Marianne Darbi — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 10:36:27 +0000

Josianne Claudia Sales Rosa and Luis E. Sánchez have published a new paper on “Is the ecosystem service concept improving impact assessment? Evidence from recent international practice” in Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Volume 50, January 2015, Pages 134–142). You can … Continue reading →

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Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss — funny and sad at the same time!

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:34:22 +0000

A vast collection of cartoons illustrating biodiversity loss — very entertaining and alarming at the same time. Pictures often say much more and much easier than words can do. Have a look and get carried away at: http://conservationbytes.com/toothless/cartoons/ Here are … Continue reading →

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Why did the concept of Biodiversity Offsets become so popular?

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:03:46 +0000

“Biodiversity” is a buzzword (and “Biodiversity Offset” is becoming one) One reason for the popularity of biodiversity offsets is inherent to the term itself: “biodiversity” is probably one of the most prominent buzzwords of the 21st century (after “sustainability” at … Continue reading →

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