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20.11.2014
Wirtschaftsfaktor biologische Vielfalt – Unternehmen diskutieren über ihre Verantwortung für das globale Naturkapital
Rund 100 Unternehmen kamen am 17. November bei der Otto Group in Hamburg zusammen, um über Herausforderungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten zum Erhalt des Naturkapitals zu diskutieren. Zu der Konferenz „Biodiversität als unternehmerische Herausforderung“ hat das Unternehmensnetzwerk 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘ eingeladen.mehr ›
20.11.2014
New manual for measuring, assessing and analyzing coastal blue carbon
The International Blue Carbon Initiative presents the new manual “Coastal Blue Carbon: methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows”. This manual will provide scientists and coastal managers with a practical tool to produce robust blue carbon data.mehr ›
07.11.2014
First-of-Its-Kind Survey Finds $23 Billion Global Market for Conservation Investing, with $2 Billion from Private Investors
The first data-driven study of the market for conservation-related investments discovers that 10 private investors account for 80 percent of the total and identifies significant room for growth.mehr ›
30.09.2014
UNEP Releases Green Infrastructure Guide
A new Green Infrastructure guide — launched September 2 at the World Water Week, by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) — responds to the increasing recognition that green infrastructure represents an important opportunity to address the complex challenges of water management. Green infrastructure in the context of this report is about large-scale greenways as opposed to green stormwater infrastructure, such as green roofs and bioretention, specifically.mehr ›
30.09.2014
Global Footprint Network publishes Living Planet Report 2014
Humanity’s demand on the planet is more than 50 percent larger than what nature can renew, according to Global Footprint Network’s latest data, published in the 2014 edition of the Living Planet Report. The biennial report, produced by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and the Zoological Society of London, was launched today in Geneva, Switzerland. mehr ›
22.09.2014
Verified Conservation Areas: A Real-Estate Market For Biodiversity?
A power company in Germany can use forest-carbon from Brazil to offset emissions because carbon offsets are standardized units, but an American city that damages the habitat of endangered species in Arizona has no such option – in part because habitat is as varied and localized as land itself. Frank Vorhies says VCAs are part of the solution.mehr ›
03.09.2014
Biodiversity Offsets Blog
The recently started Biodiversity Offsets Blog aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for the information and exchange on Biodiversity Offsets and the Mitigation Hierarchy.mehr ›
26.08.2014
Conclusions from the conference "To No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Beyond"
On 3 and 4 June 2014, 280 individuals from 32 countries met in London to discuss how to ensure that development is planned to achieve no net loss or preferably a net gain in biodiversity. The outcomes are now available online.mehr ›