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Biodiversity offsetting: uncertainty and unanswered questions — a post by the British Ecological Socierty

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:36:17 +0000

The British Ecological Society (BES) in a recent post looks at uncertainty and unanswered questions with regard to biodiversity offsets. The author of the article concludes that since the UK government’s consultation closed at the end of 2013, “the Government … Continue reading →

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Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies — new paper by Gordon et al

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:55:34 +0000

Ascelin Gordon, Joe Bull, Chris Wilcox and Martine Maron have published a new paper entitled “Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies” in Journal of Applied Ecology (February 2015). Read more on the Journal website (pay-walled). For more information see also a … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity offset markets: What are they really? An empirical approach to wetland mitigation banking — new paper by Vaissière and Levrel

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:26:28 +0000

Anne-Charlotte Vaissière and Harol Levrel have published a new paper entitled “Biodiversity offset markets: What are they really? An empirical approach to wetland mitigation banking” in Ecological Economics (Volume 110, February 2015, Pages 81–88). Read more on the Journal website … Continue reading →

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Global Biodiversity Finance. The Case for International Payments for Ecosystem Services — new book by Bishop and Hill

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:32:07 +0000

Joshua Bishop, WWF-Australia and Chloe Hill, Green Economy Technical Advisor for WWF Mekong region, Phnom Penh, Cambodia are the editors of a new book on payments for ecosystem services that has been published in association with IUCN and UNEP, end … Continue reading →

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Technical conditions for positive outcomes from biodiversity offsets. An input paper for the IUCN Technical Study Group on Biodiversity Offsets

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:01:52 +0000

Recently, the IUCN Technical Study Group on Biodiversity Offsets has published some new resources (see also my previous posts Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Paper and Biodiversity Offsets: Policy options for governments). Thanks to Patrick at the BBOP Secretariat for sharing … Continue reading →

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Insights into Biodiversity Offsetting in Ontario (Canada) — new report by Ontario Nature

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:58:02 +0000

The Canadian NGO Ontario Nature has recently released a report entitled “Insights into Biodiversity Offsetting in Ontario”. The report is the outcome of a project on biodiversity offsetting (started in July 2013), which was supported by the Metcalf Foundation. It … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 24–30, 2014

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:30:31 +0000

About the Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek If you are interested in environmental compensation and biodiversity offsets, there are certainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of information from different sources, locations and viewpoints publicly available (something which wasn’t this … Continue reading →

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Could accountants really solve global problems like climate change, environmental degradation, over population, and pollution? — asks Gleeson-White in her new book “Six Capitals”

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:34:19 +0000

The question whether accountants “can save the planet” as the subtitle of the new book by Jane Gleeson-White (“Six Capitals. The revolution capitalism has to have — or can accountants save the planet?”) suggests, points to the core of the … Continue reading →

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Making Up for Lost Nature? A Critical Review of the International Development of Voluntary Biodiversity Offsets — new paper by Benabou

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:03:41 +0000

Sarah Benabou has published a new paper on “Making Up for Lost Nature? A Critical Review of the International Development of Voluntary Biodiversity Offsets” in Environment and Society: Advances in Research, Volume 5, Number 1, 2014, pp. 103–123(21). You can access the … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, November 10–16, 2014

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:36:55 +0000

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