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Category Archives: News

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Hidden threats to Biodiversity in Local Government

Featuredby Dr Robert Bloomfield 4 Comments

A meeting in Westminster of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Biodiversity (APPG) in September 2014 concluded that the lack of ecological capacity in our local authorities as not only […]

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Biodiversity offsetting, Biodiversity policy, Ecosystem services, Health & well-being, News

UN REDD+ and the Green Economy

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A new publication by UNEP on developments around REDD+ makes interesting reading. The original Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) proposition emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change […]

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Agro-eco, Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, Ecosystem services, News

Museo de Ciencias Ambientales – a new sustainable museum concept

June 24, 2014by Dr Robert Bloomfield Leave a comment

A new sort of public engagement institute is emerging in Guadalajara, Mexico under the working title of the Museo de Ciencias Ambientales. The new center is aimed to engage the […]

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Education, Engagement, Museums, News

Indonesia – forest carbon scheme steps up a notch…

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Back in June 2013 I wrote a blog on the Ribma Raya project in a prime area for Orang Utan conservation  in Kalimantan, Indonesia. I reported how through various political machinations […]

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Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, News

Planning with nature in mind

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With growing awareness of the value of multifunctional Green Infrastructure (GI) and of the benefits of Ecosystem Services (ES) provided by nature this new guide will help people plan with […]

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Biodiversity policy, Ecosystem services, Engagement, Green intrastructure, News

National Pollinator Strategy

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Back in April I reported on the criticism by the Westminster Environmental Committee of the Secretary of State for Environment. This was in regard to the reluctance of the English […]

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Agro-eco, Biodiversity policy, Ecosystem services, News
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The economic case for green-infrastructure

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A new report sets out  a clearer case for investment in multi-functional green space or Green Infrastructure (GI) by considering its contribution to economic growth. The authors based their conclusions […]

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Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Green intrastructure, Health & well-being, News

Perseverance pays: Rimba Raya certified as the world’s largest REDD project

June 13, 2013by Dr Robert Bloomfield 2 Comments

Back in 2010 the UN Convention on Biological Diversity made much in its Aichi Targets for the decade of developing ‘novel-funding mechanisms’ to support conservation efforts. One approach had been […]

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Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity offsetting, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, News

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