This is a last minute reminder to register for another interesting BBOP webinar, taking place today, October 12. Ophélie Darses, Deputy Bureau Chief of Global Public Goods from the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and Sea, and Fabien Quétier from the … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: The French national Assembly has adopted the new biodiversity law, which now also includes the application of the mitigation hierarchy in order to reach the goal of NO NET LOSS (or preferably NET GAIN) of biodiversity: … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Le 11 juillet, l’OCDE a présenté à la France ses conclusions et recommandations quant à la performance de notre pays en matière d’environnement. Tous les dix ans, l’OCDE réalise en effet un « examen » de la performance … Continue reading
I am organizing a session on biodiversity offsets for the 2016 Ecosummit to be held in Montpellier (29 August — 1 September 2016 | Le Corum, Montpellier, France) together with Fabien Quétier and Wolfgang Wende. The title is: European perspectives and global … Continue reading
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
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? see also … Continue reading
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 consultation: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/projects/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/consultation/consultation-26 … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Lucie Bezombes, doctoral student at EDF and IRSTEA (France). This comment is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a fruitful contribution to the discussion on biodiversity … Continue reading
Recently I have mentioned a book edited by Levrel et al on compensation measures and biodiversity offsets from a French perspective (see NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement). I just got the information that next … Continue reading
Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post today sometimes it’s the more interesting things that slip through your fingers, even with your best intentions — or because of them. This was particularly the case for the “Biodiversity management … Continue reading