Author(s): (Editors:) Penelope Figgis, Brendan Mackey, James Fitzsimons, Jason Irving and Pepe Clarke Title: Valuing Nature: Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services Year: 2015 In: IUCN Australia SCIENCE INFORMING POLICY SYMPOSIUM SERIES Pages: 140. Publication type: report Language: English Source: http://aciucn.org.au/index.php/publications/2015-valuing-nature/ … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article adsressing the aims of BirdLife International, IUCN and WWF to balance extractives industries in Africa with social and envieonmental concerns When was it released: June 12, 2015 By whom: Ken Mwathe, BirdLife More info: http://www.birdlife.org/africa/news/extractives-industries-africa-blessing-or-curse … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Steve Edwards of IUCN’s Business and Biodiversity Programme explains how government and business are looking at ways to compensate for the impacts of development on biodiversity. When was it released: January 15, 2015 By whom: IUCN More … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article based on an interview with Ariel Brunner (BirdLife Europe) on the pros and cons of biodiversity offsets When was it released: September 7, 2015 By whom: IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business/?21861/The-pros-and-cons-of-biodiversity-offsets … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: discussion on the role of nature conservation organizations towards natural capital (originally written by Jacob Salcone form IUCN Oceania) When was it released: October 7, 2015 By whom: Mercados de Medio Ambiente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/opinion/deberian-las-organizaciones-conservacionistas-tratar-a-la-naturaleza-como-capital-natural/ (in … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: opinion piece on the role of nature conservation organizations in the discussion about economic valuation of nature (Natural Capital) When was it released: September 3, 2015 By whom: Jacob Salcone, IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/oceania/?21849/Should-conservation-organizations-treat-nature-as-natural-capital—An-opinion-piece-by-Jacob-Salcone … Continue reading
Some time ago IUCN launched its Draft Biodiversity Offsets Policy for public consultation and comments. Sharing this with you is on my to-do-list for quite a while and time is running. Before it’s too late (apparently the consultation website still … Continue reading
Held once every 10 years, the 2014 World Parks Congress in November 2014 attracted 6,000 participants from 170 countries, and secured more than 70 new major conservation commitments, including Gabon’s promise to protect 23% of its coastline, and the Elion … Continue reading
IUCN has published a report entitled: No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: Exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors (see also my recent post on this) IUCN’s Global Business and … Continue reading
Commercial agriculture and forestry could have a net positive impact on biodiversity – say the authors of a recent report. Thanks to Fabien Quetier for informing me about one of the latest IUCN reports entitled “No Net Loss and Net … Continue reading