What’s it about in short: comment on the recent memorandum of the US president on impact mitigation (including mitigation banking) in the United States When was it released: November 15, 2015 By whom: Jemma Penelope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: On November 3 President Obama issued a memorandum encouraging a standard set of practices across several federal departments and agencies for the application of the mitigation hierarchy, including offsetting. When was it released: November 3, 2015 … Continue reading
Author(s): Roger A. Williams Title: Mitigating Biodiversity Concerns in Eucalyptus Plantations Located in South China Year: 2015 In: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 3, 1–8 Pages: 1–8 Publication type: open access journal article Language: English Source: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=57099&utm_campaign=linkedin&utm_medium=yh#.VYPVa0ZHVm8 … Continue reading
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
“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 the … Continue reading
Definition of Biodiversity Offsets Biodiversity Offsets are defined as “measurable conservation outcomes resulting from actions designed to compensate for significant residual adverse biodiversity impacts arising from project development after appropriate prevention and mitigation measures have been taken”. [BBOP 2009]
There are a number of blogs on Biodiversity offsets out there in the internet if you google a bit. However, as most of the information on biodiversity offsets is rather fragmented (with the exeption of the Business and Biodiversity Offset … Continue reading