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: new LinkedIn discussion searching for input on the effectiveness of biodiversity offsets in the UK (for a master thesis) When was it released: August 13, 2015 By whom: Christopher Seaton More info: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/5078805–6037256032219078657 … 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
The Cambridge based environmental consultancy The Biodiversity consultancy is looking for a Senior Principal Consultant to join their team. The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC) works with financial, industry, government and NGO sectors in providing conservation science and environmental management expertise to meet … Continue reading
Professor Dieter Helm, Chairman of the Natural Capital Committee, has released ‘Natural Capital valuing our planet’, a book published by Yale University Press and following closely the recommendations of the Natural Capital Committee in its recent report to the … Continue reading
On 27 January 2015, England’s Natural Capital Committee (NCC) published its third State of Natural Capital Report. The NCC’s mandate is to “advise the Government on how to ensure England’s ‘natural wealth’ is managed efficiently and sustainably, thereby unlocking opportunities … Continue reading
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
This is a guest post by James Brown, PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast. This comment has previously been published on QuBio blog of the School of Biological Sciences. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and … Continue reading
As a regular reader of the Biodiversity Offsets Blog you have seen multiple contributions by Carlos Ferreira on this blog which clearly mark his expertise in the field of biodiversity offsets. It is therefore great to note that his doctoral … Continue reading
Some time ago, I have announced that the news category that I have created for the Biodiversity Offsets Blog, entitled “Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek”, would be replaced by another tool. Not so much different (same style and structure), this new tool … Continue reading