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28.10.2013
Kleiner Moorgipfel in Berlin
Auf dem „kleinen Moorgipfel“ zu dem am 23.10.2013 vom Bundesamt für Naturschutz, dem Umweltministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und dem Umweltforschungszentrum eingeladen wurde, stand das vom Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und der Universität Greifswald entwickelte Kohlenstoffzertifikat MoorFutures im Mittelpunkt. mehr ›
25.10.2013
Biodiversity Offsetting in England – Consultation Hub
A consultation by the english Department of Environment, Food and rural Affairs accompanies ‘Biodiversity Offsetting in England’, a document published on 5 September 2013. This document sets out options for the Government’s proposed biodiversity offsetting system and poses questions about how the system may best operate. This online survey gives users the chance to provide feedback on the document.mehr ›
21.10.2013
Win-Win-Situation für die Naturschutzbehörde, die Bauherren und die Landwirtschaft: Bauherren kaufen Ökopunkte und schaffen Lebensräume
Ein Artikel von Corinna Panek im Hamburger Abendblatt vom 18.10.2013 zeigt auf, wie durch das System der Kompensationsflächenpools eine Win-Win-Situation für die Naturschutzbehörde, die Bauherren und die Landwirtschaft entsteht. mehr ›
18.10.2013
Payments for environmental services and market-based instruments: next of kin or false friends?
The emergence of market-based instruments (MBIs) in the field of ecosystem services has been spectacular but still lacks a clear conceptualization. Terms are overused and abused in discourses, and contrasted policy instruments are referred to as market-oriented albeit with few characteristics in common. Realities on the ground differ substantially from attractive yet misleading propositions supported by public and private discourses. Both advocates and opponents to these approaches thus propose...mehr ›
07.10.2013
Financial Mechanisms for Environmental Compliance in Infrastructure Projects
Environmental impact assessments (EIA) are the main regulatory tools that are used by governments to balance the development and environmental values at stake in infrastructure development. Currently, however, project developers’ incentive for environmental performance dissipates as soon as environmental approval and financing are secured. mehr ›
07.10.2013
Monitoring payments for watershed services schemes in developing countries
Payments for watershed services (PWS) are schemes that use funds from water users (including governments) as an incentive for landholders to improve their land management practices.mehr ›
02.10.2013
Kohlekraft und Wasserknappheit: Fehlendes Naturkapital destabilisiert Unternehmensgrundlagen
In immer mehr Regionen in Indien und China kommt es zu Konflikten um das ohnehin knapp bemessene Wasser. Neu errichtete Kohlekraftwerke konkurrieren mit Anwohnern und Landwirten, aber auch der restlichen Industrie, um die ohnehin nur gering verfügbaren Wasservorräte. Die Wasserknappheit kann zu einer niedrigeren Produktion oder das Aufschieben neuer Investitionen in Kohlenkraftwerken führen.mehr ›
30.09.2013
Impact investors: looking for more than a financial return on investment
Africa, the troubled continent—riddled with war, stricken by disease, handicapped by corruption: This picture may have once hampered private sector growth, but this is rapidly changing. Foreign investors are looking to Africa as a land of opportunity, while a growing group of African entrepreneurs is discovering a much friendlier business environment as the costs of starting and maintaining a business in Africa have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last seven years.mehr ›