SHORT INFO: More financing for natural capital projects

What’s it about in short: Euro­pean Com­mis­sion launches Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Financ­ing Facil­ity When was it released: May 31, 2015 By whom: Euro­pean Com­mis­sion More info: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/efe/articles/2015/03/article_20150331_01_en.htm … Con­tinue read­ing

European Commission publishes study on specific design elements of biodiversity offsets: Biodiversity metrics and mechanisms for securing long term conservation benefits

The Euro­pean Com­mis­sion has com­mis­sioned a study on spe­cific design ele­ments of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets: Bio­di­ver­sity met­rics and mech­a­nisms for secur­ing long term con­ser­va­tion ben­e­fits. The report and has been pre­pared by Matt Ray­ment, Rupert Haines, David McNeil, Mavourneen Con­way, Gra­ham … Con­tinue read­ing

Results of the No Net Loss Public Consultation now available online!

As many have impa­tiently waited for it, I am happy to announce that the results of the Euro­pean Commission’s pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion on its planned No Net Loss Ini­tia­tive are pub­lished online on the web­site of the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion. The inter­net … Con­tinue read­ing