Ecometrica’s Normative Biodiversity Metric: is it really a good idea?
Ecometrica, a Scottish consultancy, just wrote up guidelines for a new biodiversity metric. The Normative Biodiversity Metric (NBM) uses an interesting shortcut between “pristine” land and biodiversity...
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No net loss : where are fisheries and farming?
At an IUCN event on Red Lists for Europe, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Member of the European Parliament) talks about nature conservation in Europe. He paints quite a bleak picture of the current situation,...
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The original definition of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes by Wunder et al. (2005) was recently modified to reflect variations in the implementation of real-life PES schemes. Sven Wunder...
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Do we need pandas?
Published in 2010, Ken Thompson‘s book on the uncomfortable truth about biodiversity offers a refreshing perspective for conservation. After a very good explanation of what is meant by the term...
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The metrics debate: habitat for middle-aged great blue herons who don’t like...
Whenever discussions on biodiversity offsets get technical, they either focus on legal and cost issues (if you’re paying) or on their underlying ecological reality (if you’re the regulator). Concerning...
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The IBPES is established – Is it all good news?
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was officially created on April 23rd. It’s secretariat will be based in Bonn (Germany). In brief, the ambition of the IPBES...
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Biodiversity offsets: the most promising nature-based opportunity for UK...
DEFRA (the UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs) recently published a report on opportunities for UK business that value and/or...
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Sharing nature’s bounty or managing the services provided by natural capital?
In an article in the Guardian, a UK newspaper, George Monbiot, takes a hit on ecosystem services and natural capital. He finds the current shift in vocabulary very worrying: Nature has become natural...
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Intelligent tinkering : a personal account of the science and practice of...
You’re interested in the real world application of the knowledge and methods of ecological science, and especially restoration ecology? Maybe you’re interested in how the practice of ecological...
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Focus on the process! That’s what restoring ecosystems means, and needs.
In 2011, Australian ecologists David J. Tongway and John A. Ludwig, published a grand summary of their multiple years of on-the-ground experience of restoring disturbed landscapes and ecosystems. Using...
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