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
What’s it about in short: comment on the recent memorandum of the US president on impact mitigation (including mitigation banking) in the United States When was it released: November 15, 2015 By whom: Jemma Penelope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ … 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
Author(s): Niak Sian Koh, Thomas Hahn and Claudia Ituarte-Lima Title: A comparative analysis of ecological compensation programs: The effect of program design on the social and ecological outcomes Year: 2014 In: This report is a product of an internship undertaken during the Master … 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
What’s it about in short: article on carbon offsets from avoided forest conversion and sustainable forest management When was it released: April 23, 2015 By whom: Kasey Krifka, Triple Pundit More info: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/04/purchase-first-avoided-forest-conversion-offsets-california-market/ … 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
Some time ago I have been asked by Dave Poulton to review a chapter on biodiversity offsets under the German Impact Mitigation Regulation. So I am more than happy to inform you that Dave’s report entitled “KEY ISSUES IN BIODIVERSITY OFFSET … Continue reading
Carsten Mann and Arno Simons have published a new paper entitled “Local emergence and international developments of conservation trading systems: innovation dynamics and related problems” in Environmental Conservation (2014). You can read the full article on the Journal website (pay-walled). For more … 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