Tag Archives: Biodiversity offsetting
Defra programmes and policies: an update
Over the past year, there have been a range of new initiatives from Defra to protect and enhance the natural environment, ranging from biodiversity offsetting to reviewing their public bodies. The all-party parliamentary group on Conservation and Wildlife met on … Continue reading
Biodiversity offsetting: making nature economically visible
Biodiversity offsetting is a method intended to help compensate for the detrimental impacts of development on biodiversity. Such an approach is designed to work by creating a credit based market that developers could use to offset actions deemed harmful to … Continue reading
POST to host seminar exploring Biodiversity Offsetting in the UK
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is organising a seminar in Westminster on Tuesday 25 January 2011, exploring biodiversity offsetting. The seminar will bring together a number of expert speakers to consider the risks and benefits of biodiversity … Continue reading