Sustaining Life on Earth: How the Convention on Biological Diversity Promotes Nature and Human Well-Being
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityIn a world of increasing globalization and environmental degradation, management of its most precious living resource, biological diversity, is one of the most important and critical challenges facing humankind today. Biological diversity is the resource upon which families, communities, nations and future generations depend. It is the link between organisms, binding each into an interdependent […]
Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook – 2009
BBOPThe Offset Design Handbook presents information on a range of issues, approaches, methodologies and possible tools from which offset planners can select the approaches best suited to their individual circumstances when designing a biodiversity offset. It describes a generic process that offset planners could use in designing a biodiversity offset, from initial conception of a […]
Marianne Darbi & Jorg Voss – Key Lessons from the ‘Burgberg Zschaitz’ Habitat Bank in Saxony
Marianne Darbi - Jorg VossKey lessons from the ‘Burgberg Zschaitz’ habitat bank in Saxony
Mitigation Banking: Securing No Net Loss to Biodiversity?
William Hill, David Hill - Latimer, LatimerEnvironmental advisors and planners are frequently confronted with the issue of ecological mitigation for losses due to development, the uncertainty over whether the proposed compensation is adequate and how the mitigation will function over time. The advantages of acquiring and retaining land in advance for ecological mitigation required by subsequent development has been demonstrated primarily […]