NEW ARTICLE: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité

Author(s): QUÉTIER, Fabien ; MOURA, Char­lotte ; MENUT, Thomas ; BOULNOIS, Rénald ; RUFRAY, Xavier Title: La com­pen­sa­tion écologique fonc­tion­nelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résidu­els des pro­jets d’aménagements sur la bio­di­ver­sité Year: 2015 In: La Revue d’IRSTEA. Sci­ences Eaux … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement

Author(s): Harold Lev­rel, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, Julien Hay, Gilles Mar­tin, Gilles Pioch Title: Restau­rer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développe­ment Year: 2015 Pages: 320 Pub­li­ca­tion type: book Lan­guage: French Source: http://www.quae.com/fr/r4643-restaurer-la-nature-pour-attenuer-les-impacts-du-developpement.html?utm_content=148586&utm_source=Dolist&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_term=mesures+compensatoires&utm_campaign=restaurer+la+nature-10238368 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Biotope au Congrès Mondial de Biologie de la Conservation

What’s it about in short: Fabien Quétier from french con­sul­tancy Biotope pre­sented work on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in Africa at ICCB con­fer­ence in Mont­pel­lier, August 2015 (in French) When was it released: August 25, 2015 By whom: Biotope More info: http://www.biotope.fr/fr/biotope-au-congres-mondial-de-biologie-de-la-conservation … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Law (including biodiversity offsets) under Development in France

French bio­di­ver­sity pol­icy has been evolv­ing and strength­en­ing since 1976, when the “Law on Nature Pro­tec­tion”, pro­vided the first men­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy and stip­u­lated that all devel­op­ments required an EIA. More recent guid­ance on the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy pub­lished by … Con­tinue read­ing

PhD on environmental compensation for aquatic ecosystems by Anne-Charlotte Vaissière available online: Le recours au principe de compensation écologique dans les politiques publiques en faveur de la biodiversité : enjeux organisationnels et institutionnels : cas des écosystèmes aquatiques marins et continentaux

Another PhD in the field of envi­ron­men­tal com­pen­sa­tion and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets is avail­able online. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Anne-Charlotte Vais­sière who suc­cess­fully com­pleted her the­sis at Uni­ver­sité de Bre­tagne Occi­den­tale (France). The the­sis is in French, enti­tled “Le recours au principe de … Con­tinue read­ing

Case studies of biodiversity offsetting: voices from the ground — a critical briefing note from Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth rep­re­sent some of the strongest crit­ics to Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets both as a con­cept and in prac­tice. They have pre­pared a short brief­ing note enti­tled “Case stud­ies of bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting: voices from the ground” includ­ing a crit­i­cal … Con­tinue read­ing

New report on payments for ecosystem services (in French) — Du Sud au Nord: regards croisés sur les Paiements pour Services Environnementaux

CDC Biodiversité’s Mis­sion Economie de la Bio­di­ver­sité has pub­lished a report on pay­ments for ecosys­tem ser­vices, enti­tled “Du Sud au Nord: regards croisés sur les Paiements pour Ser­vices Envi­ron­nemen­taux”. The report (in French) was issued in Novem­ber 2014 in the … Con­tinue read­ing

French Assemblée Nationale has decided upon a resolution on the (planned) EU No Net Loss Initiative

Recently, I got some inter­est­ing news from France: the French Assem­blée Nationale has decided upon a res­o­lu­tion on the (planned) EU No Net Loss Ini­tia­tive. For more infor­ma­tion see the arti­cle “L’assemblée Nationale pub­lie le rap­port sur l’initiative envis­agée par … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, December 1–7, 2014

About the Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets Newsweek If you are inter­ested in envi­ron­men­tal com­pen­sa­tion and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets, there are cer­tainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of infor­ma­tion from dif­fer­ent sources, loca­tions and view­points pub­licly avail­able (some­thing which wasn’t this … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 24–30, 2014

About the Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets Newsweek If you are inter­ested in envi­ron­men­tal com­pen­sa­tion and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets, there are cer­tainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of infor­ma­tion from dif­fer­ent sources, loca­tions and view­points pub­licly avail­able (some­thing which wasn’t this … Con­tinue read­ing