Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek, September 8–14, 2014

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

15 ways how you can contribute to the Biodiversity Offsets Blog

I don’t know why I usu­ally find myself read­ing the likes of those lists and instruc­tions “10 things to know…”, “3 rea­sons for…” or “100 places to visit…”, even though I have seen them so many times before. The rea­son … Con­tinue read­ing

“Say no to more development in the ACT” — or the new biodiversity offset policy will fail

“This approach – bio­di­ver­sity off­sets – is becom­ing pop­u­lar with gov­ern­ments around the world because it appears to pro­vide a win-win: ongo­ing devel­op­ment with­out fur­ther loss of declin­ing bio­di­ver­sity.” Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set Pol­icy in the ACT A bio­di­ver­sity off­set pol­icy is under­way … Con­tinue read­ing

Good news? Bad news? New biodiversity offset fund released in New South Wales, Australia

New NSW bio­di­ver­sity off­set fund hits the news Yes­ter­day the news (at least in Aus­tralia) in the off­set­ting world were full of the announce­ment of the new bio­di­ver­sity off­set fund in the state of New South Wales, Aus­tralia. The pol­icy was … Con­tinue read­ing

Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss — funny and sad at the same time!

A vast col­lec­tion of car­toons illus­trat­ing bio­di­ver­sity loss — very enter­tain­ing and alarm­ing at the same time. Pic­tures often say much more and much eas­ier than words can do. Have a look and get car­ried away at: http://conservationbytes.com/toothless/cartoons/ Here are some … Con­tinue read­ing

From global biodiversity loss to No Net Loss in the EU?

A global prob­lem: the loss of bio­di­ver­sity on the polit­i­cal agenda The nat­ural world is going down. Many species and their habi­tats, and ecosys­tem as a whole, are threat­ened by human activ­i­ties. A broad con­sen­sus exists among sci­en­tists, politi­cians, busi­nesses … Con­tinue read­ing

“Credit stacking” of biodiversity offsets — new discussion on LinkedIn

Dave Poul­ton has started a new dis­cus­sion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Dis­cus­sion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on expe­ri­ences, approaches and poli­cies or other juris­dic­tion of “Credit Stack­ing”, i.e. the recog­ni­tion of more than one type of envi­ron­men­tal … Con­tinue read­ing