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
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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
What’s it about in short: The Conservancy has published 10 Principles for Applying the Mitigation Hierarchy. When was it released: January 13, 2016 By whom: Mercados de Medio Ambiente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/10-principios-para-aplicar-la-jerarquia-de-mitigacion/ (in Spanish, see the pdf in English here) … 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
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
Author(s): J.W. Bull and S. Brownlie Title: The transition from No Net Loss to a Net Gain of biodiversity is far from trivial Year: 2015 In: Oryx, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605315000861. Published online: 10 November 2015 Pages: 7 pages. Publication type: journal article … Continue reading
This new document is making the rounds and I absolutely want to share CSBI’s Mitigation Hierarchy guide with you. The Cross-Sector Guide for Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy provides practical guidance, innovative approaches and examples to support operationalizing the mitigation hierarchy effectively. … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Potential for Biodiversity Offsets as a Biodiversity Finance Mechanism in India — a presentation made at the CBD workshop on ‘the role of private sector in achieving national biodiversity finance targets’ at CII’s 10th National Sustainability … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: launch of the web platform of The Nature Conservancy’s Development by Design global program When was it released: September 15, 2015 By whom: Bruce McKenney and Joe Kiesecker, the Nature Conservancy More info: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/smart-development/index.htm … Continue reading