SHORT INFO — Does it help conservation to put a price on nature? — article and related LinkedIn discussion

What’s it about in short: arti­cle and related LinkedIn dis­cus­sion on the ben­e­fits and risks of eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (with some ref­er­ences to bio­di­ver­sity off­sets) When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 11, 2015 By whom: Roger Har­ris, Bio­di­ver­sity Pro­fes­sion­als More info: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Is “biodiversity offsetting” really protecting ecosystems? (LinkedIn discussion)

What’s it about in short: lively LinkedIn dis­cus­sion (~30 com­ments) on the impact and effec­tive­ness of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets When was it released: August, 2015 By whom: Gor­don Ger­b­itz More info: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/4076378–6031468076283752449 … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Offsets in recent discussions in LinkedIn groups

I am using LinkedIn not only as a plat­form to con­nect to other peo­ple in my pro­fes­sional field, but also to exchange and dis­cuss cur­rent issues. As a result, all of the posts on the Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets Blog are shared … Con­tinue read­ing

The value of valuing nature — new discussion on LinkedIn

Daniel Moura  has started a new dis­cus­sion in the Bio­di­ver­sity Pro­fes­sion­als Group on LinkedIn on the value of valu­ing nature. This is based on a recent arti­cle pub­lished in the research news sec­tion of the Uni­ver­sity of Cam­bridge (UK), enti­tled … Con­tinue read­ing

To B(e)BOP or not to be BOB? – Do we need a Biodiversity Offset Blog besides the Business and Biodiversity Offset Program?

Admit­tedly, I did exag­ger­ate a bit with the play on words in the title of the post and the pathos of the words unveils more sar­casm than an hon­est ques­tion. But as long as this blog exists I have felt … Con­tinue read­ing

Clarifications on the different stages of the Mitigation Hierarchy — new discussion on LinkedIn

Mboringong Fide­line has started a new dis­cus­sion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Dis­cus­sion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on the dif­fer­ent stages of the Mit­i­ga­tion Hier­ar­chy. Hello All, Please can i get some clar­i­fi­ca­tion on the tran­si­tion process … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Offsets for Ecosystem Services — new discussion on LinkedIn

Lau­rence Barea has started a new dis­cus­sion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Dis­cus­sion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets for Ecosys­tem Ser­vices. The New Zealand Depart­ment of Con­ser­va­tion is inter­ested in exam­ples where off­sets have been … Con­tinue read­ing

“Credit stacking” of biodiversity offsets — new discussion on LinkedIn

Dave Poul­ton has started a new dis­cus­sion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Dis­cus­sion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on expe­ri­ences, approaches and poli­cies or other juris­dic­tion of “Credit Stack­ing”, i.e. the recog­ni­tion of more than one type of envi­ron­men­tal … Con­tinue read­ing

New article on Mining and Biodiversity Offsets

As announced in the BBOP No Net Loss Dis­cus­sion group Malika Virah-Sawmy has pub­lished an arti­cle on “Min­ing and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets: A trans­par­ent and science-based approach to mea­sure no-net-loss”. Here’s the link to the arti­cle https://theconversation.com/does-offsetting-work-to-make-up-for-habitat-lost-to-mining-27699 And here’s the link … Con­tinue read­ing