SHORT INFO: new paper joining biodiversity offsets and natural capital

What’s it about in short: New paper join­ing bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and nat­ural cap­i­tal When was it released: July 8, 2016 By whom: Joël Houdet, Fabien Quétier, Helen Ding More info: http://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/net-impact-accounting-for-renewable-natural-capital-possible-pathways-for-corporate-level-disclosure/ … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW REPORT: Interactive Guide on Natural Capital for Financial Institutions

Author(s): VBDO, CREM Title: Inter­ac­tive Guide on Nat­ural Cap­i­tal for Finan­cial Insti­tu­tions Year: 2016 Pages: 169. Pub­li­ca­tion type: report Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/biblioteca/capital-natural/425_interactive-guide-on-natural-capital-for-financial-institutions/#gdQ0rUdaAbtIZJYE (in Span­ish) and the link to the pdf of the arti­cle (full text, in Eng­lish) … Con­tinue read­ing

Transferring the benefit of USA and European No Net Loss policies to Italy — a guest post by Ariadna Chavarria

This is a guest post by Ari­adna Chavar­ria, PhD can­di­date at the Uni­ver­sity of Padova, Italy. This com­ment is the expres­sion of the author’s thoughts and expe­ri­ences and such is acknowl­edged as a fruit­ful con­tri­bu­tion to the dis­cus­sion on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets. … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural Capital Day

What’s it about in short: Miles King writes about Nat­ural Cap­i­tal day at the Green Alliance and the related report (called Nat­ural Part­ners) and debate. When was it released: Jan­u­ary 27, 2016 By whom: Miles King, a new nature blog More … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: La Mirada de Mercados de Medio Ambiente — no. 4 of the newsletter

What’s it about in short: no. 4 of the newslet­ter of Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente (includ­ing arti­cles on nat­ural cap­i­tal, bio­di­ver­sity and sus­tain­abil­ity) When was it released: Octo­ber — Decem­ber, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/La-Mirada-de-MdMA-n.%C2%BA-4.html … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural capital and nature conservation champions don’t need to fight

What’s it about in short: Green Alliance’s pol­icy direc­tor, Sue Arm­strong Brown says if the mar­ket pays to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it can and con­ser­va­tion inter­venes to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it must, is the best chance we have to … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Consultation on Draft Natural Capital Protocol launched

What’s it about in short: The draft Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Pro­to­col and Sec­tor Guides as they are launched for con­sul­ta­tion until Feb­ru­ary 26, 2016. When was it released: Novem­ber 23, 2015 By whom: Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Coali­tion More info: http://www.naturalcapitalcoalition.org/news/article/consultation-on-draft-natural-capital-protocol-launched.html … Con­tinue read­ing

Let’s talk about NATURAL CAPITAL!

  With the cur­rently ongo­ing World Forum on Nat­ural Cap­i­tal in Edin­burgh we have reached another peak in the dis­cus­sion about the value of nature — nat­ural cap­i­tal is all around us. As there are so many news on this, … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: The Biodiversity Offsetting Dilemma: Between Economic Rationales and Ecological Dynamics

Author(s):  Coralie Cal­vet, Claude Napoléone and Jean-Michel Salles Title: The Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set­ting Dilemma: Between Eco­nomic Ratio­nales and Eco­log­i­cal Dynam­ics Year: 2015 In:Sus­tain­abil­ity 2015, 7(6), 7357–7378; doi:10.3390/su7067357 Pages: pages 7357–7378. Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm (full … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Could the UK be sitting on wasteland that offers £7bn in unused ‘natural capital’?

What’s it about in short: arti­cle on the poten­tial of “waste­land” in terms of nat­ural cap­i­tal in the UK, based on a pilot project. When was it released: Octo­ber 29, 2015 By whom: Sam Tar­rant More info: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/could-uk-sitting-wasteland-offers-7bn-unused-natural-capital-tarrant?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish and http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2430288/could-the-uk-be-sitting-on-wasteland-that-offers-gbp7bn-in-unused-natural-capital (pay-walled) … Con­tinue read­ing