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Comment on The nature of ecosystem service risks for business by Wm Washington

Wm Washington — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:11:33 +0000

I agree on this article. Some of it Explicitly recognizing the importance of such ecosystem services to people’s well-being early in the project planning process has been demonstrated to facilitate the achievement of financial, social and environmental sustainability. Thank You….

Comment on The principle of habitat substitutability by Do farmers have an offset mindset? | Ideas for Sustainability

Do farmers have an offset mindset? | Ideas for Sustainability — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:57:44 +0000

[...] A summary of her work has just been posted in the ecosystem services blog — you can read it here. A paddock tree GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

Comment on Biodiversity offsets and habitat banking as priority nature conservation policy options in the UK by F@bien

F@bien — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:04:21 +0000

Recent updates here : http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/natural/biodiversity/uk/offsetting/

Comment on Ecosystem services and offsets in the EU biodiversity strategy by Biodiversity offsets and more in the UK’s white paper on the value of nature « The ecosystem services blog

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:56:33 +0000

[...] This must be set against the goals mentioned in the recent European biodiversity strategy (also discussed here). The government also plans to set up an (ecological [...]

Comment on Towards no net loss, and beyond (in the UK) by F@bien

F@bien — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:53:53 +0000

The white paper is out: http://eko-eco.com/archive/biodiversity-offsets-make-the-grade-in-uks-natural-environment-white-paper.php

It makes biodiversity offsets a voluntary scheme to be tested. See also the comments on the Eko-Eco blog:http://eko-eco.com/archive/biodiversity-offsets-make-the-grade-in-uks-natural-environment-white-paper.php

Comment on BBOP : British Biodiversity Offsetting Prospects? by F@bien

F@bien — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:33:46 +0000

BBOP made comments on DEFRA’s proposal for biodiversity offsets in the UK. You can find iti here : http://bbop.forest-trends.org/activities/policy/Defra-comments_Jan-2011.pdf

Comment on Biodiversity offsets as landscape management policies by Applying the mitigation hierarchy: where is the avoidance? « The ecosystem services blog

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:48:05 +0000

[...] her 1996 paper, Barbara Bedford mentioned that wetland mitigation policies are in effect landscape-level policies for managing and distributing wetlands. In a paper* soon to be published in the journal Wetlands [...]

Comment on Not totally unexpected… by Oil palm expansion in Indonesia: the case for trade-off analyses of ecosystem services « The ecosystem services blog

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:29:27 +0000

[...] Informing policy-makers about these trade-offs is essential in the face of rapidly expanding plantations and the newly established REDD mechanisms (with a possible wildlife premium as discussed here). [...]

Comment on BBOP : British Biodiversity Offsetting Prospects? by Towards no net loss, and beyond (in the UK) « The ecosystem services blog

Towards no net loss, and beyond (in the UK) « The ecosystem services blog — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:05:48 +0000

[...] had mentionned in a previous post how the UK was discussing policies for biodiversity offsets and habitat [...]

Comment on Biodiversity offsets as landscape management policies by F@bien

F@bien — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:13:48 +0000

Regarfing cumulative impacts, check out Jared G. Underwood’s forthcoming paper on “Combining Landscape-Level Conservation Planning and Biodiversity Offset Programs: A Case Study” published in Environmental Management: http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=100370