How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?

Disastrous #biodiversityoffsetting / #BiodiversityNetGain plans left in ruins over new road scheme in UK 🌍

#Trees #Arboriculture #Mitigation

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“Nature cannot always win” – A Q study on stakeholder perceptions on biodiversity offsetting Biodiversity offsetting (BO) has been a popular tool to tackle biodiversity loss and over 100 countries have adopted it as a part of their conservatio…

Stakeholder views from Finland on Biodiversity Offsetting 🌍

#BiodiversityOffsetting #Mitigation #Ecology #Compensation

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Connecting Ecosystem Accounting and Biodiversity Offsetting: A Path to Standardized and Transparent Conservation Efforts There is considerable overlap between biodiversity offsetting and ecosystem accounting: these two research fields apply very similar techniques to reach similar goals. Figure credit: Bálint Czúcz/Eva ...

A new paper by NINA experts explores how integrating ecosystem accounting can enhance biodiversity offsetting, offering a promising approach to make conservation efforts more effective and transparent. #EcosystemAccounting #BiodiversityOffsetting
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Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators? Professor Jeff Ollerton explores what Biodiversity Net Gain could mean for pollinating insect conservation in England.

Fantastic presentation from @jeffollerton.bsky.social about what England’s biodiversity offsetting system could mean for pollinators… if we get it right. #biodiversitynetgain #pollination #pollinators #biodiversityoffsetting @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

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Biodiversity Net Gain could present conservation opportunities for pollinators. @jeffollerton.bsky.social discusses Englands #biodiversityoffsetting scheme and what it could mean for insect #pollinator conservation

Watch the full presentation on YouTube.
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NSW failed to monitor offsets while endangered ecosystems were cleared for western Sydney homes Environment department spokesperson says offset program for the area has continued despite failure to file reports for three years

@lisacox.bsky.social with another damning exposé of #BiodiversityOffsetting in practice in NSW

Monitoring & reporting of AUD$530m biodiversity compensation program goes dead whilst growth centres continue

Enviro Dept quit filing reports when "state’s mgt of offset schemes was under investigation"

International Launch of B.Neimark's New Book: Hottest of the Hotspots International Launch of Benjamin Neimark's New Book: 'Hottest of the Hotspots: The Rise of Eco-precarious Conservation Labor in Madagascar'

Looking forward to discussing Ben Neimark's new book:

"Hottest of the Hotspots: The Rise of Eco-precarious #Conservation Labor in #Madagascar"

#bioprospecting #biopiracy #biodiversityoffsetting #extractivism #ethnobotany 🌿

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If farming professionals think #netgain is the new phrase for #biodiversityoffsetting, then it probably is.

More evidence that #BiodiversityOffsetting doesn’t work and should never be used, no matter how attractive it might look on paper twitter.com/juliapgjones/status/1255...

It's been a long time coming, but the #environmentbill seeks to put #biodiversityoffsetting on the statute book for the first time. This is not good news.

Planning a brighter future for the great crested newt <span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>great crested newt<...

Has #biodiversityoffsetting reappeared in another guise? "Planning a brighter future for the great crested newt" naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2016/05/25/planning-a-br...

@DenzpDp he blamed "a small number of individuals who did not understand the process" For making The phrase #biodiversityoffsetting toxic.

Research indicates #BiodiversityOffsetting may encourage behaviours which accelerate wildlife loss ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/...

Hmm… that’s not working right now

#Defra: no plans to introduce #biodiversityoffsetting "at this point", still considering results of report on pilots. www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/