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Consultation on the EU No Net Loss Initiative: Biodiversity offsetting can, under certain circumstances, improve nature and biodiversity conservation — a comment by Heidi Wittmer

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This is a guest post by Heidi Wittmer from Helmholtz Cen­tre for Envi­ron­men­tal Research in Ger­many. This com­ment is the expres­sion of the author’s thoughts and expe­ri­ences and such is acknowl­edged as a fruit­ful con­tri­bu­tion to the dis­cus­sion on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets. If … Con­tinue read­ing →

From global biodiversity loss to No Net Loss in the EU?

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A global prob­lem: the loss of bio­di­ver­sity on the polit­i­cal agenda The nat­ural world is going down. Many species and their habi­tats, and ecosys­tem as a whole, are threat­ened by human activ­i­ties. A broad con­sen­sus exists among sci­en­tists, politi­cians, busi­nesses … Con­tinue read­ing →

Consultation of the EU on the No Net Loss Initiative (including biodiversity offsets) — Have your say today!

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UPDATE 20 Octo­ber 2014: The con­sul­ta­tion is now closed! I will keep you informed on the results and how the process is ongo­ing. The Euro­pean Com­mis­sion has pub­lished an on-line con­sul­ta­tion on a future (2015) EU ini­tia­tive to halt bio­di­ver­sity … Con­tinue read­ing →