What’s it about in short: article on biodiversity offsets and policy change (?) in New South Wales, Australia When was it released: March 6, 2015 By whom: Peter Hannam, The Sydney Morning Herald More info: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-2015-baird-biodiversity-offsets-plan-endangered-under-labor-20150306-13xcp1.html … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: seminar and talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland on biodiversity offsetting at Swansea University (UK), April 23, 2015 When was it released: April 22, 2015 By whom: Luca Borger More info: http://swantalks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/biosciences-seminar-speaker-23-april.html … Continue reading
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
What’s it about in short: article explaining (US) mitigation banking When was it released: n.a. By whom: Vikram Jhawar More info: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/dictionary/031615/understanding-basics-mitigation-banking.asp#ixzz3km9QJShV … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article introducing a video on natural capital of the Mekong river/region (in Spanish, video in Vietnamese/English) When was it released: September 4, 2015 By whom: Mercados de Medio Ambiente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/el-papel-del-capital-natural/#gdQ0MZjdW0v2g4DB … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Fabien Quétier from french consultancy Biotope presented work on biodiversity offsets in Africa at ICCB conference in Montpellier, August 2015 (in French) When was it released: August 25, 2015 By whom: Biotope More info: http://www.biotope.fr/fr/biotope-au-congres-mondial-de-biologie-de-la-conservation … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: “Mining companies are some of the heaviest polluters and they are bound to comply and pay for clean-up and environmental remediation.” says report on extractive industries in Southern Africa. When was it released: September 17, 2013 By … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: blog post on the role of the private sector in financing biodiversity conservation in India When was it released: March 22, 2015 By whom: Divya Narain More info: https://divyanarain.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/can-csr-provide-biodiversity-finance-in-india/ … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: letter by organizations and individuals to EU Commission on biodiversity offsetting concerns When was it released: October 20, 2014 By whom: FERN More info: http://www.fern.org/publications/ngo-statements/open-letter-commissioner-poto%C4%8Dnik-about-biodiversity-offsetting and http://www.redd-monitor.org/2014/10/21/stop-biodiversity-offsets-thousands-sign-letter-to-the-european-commission/ … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: unanswered questions on the implementation of biodiversity offsets (in general and in the UK) When was it released: April 20, 2015 By whom: British Ecological Society More info: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2015/04/20/biodiversity-offsetting-uncertainty-and-unanswered-questions/ … Continue reading