Five years ago, the European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas warned that biodiversity loss posed a threat as serious as climate change. But the EU continues to lose biodiversity.
Tag: Biodiversity Offsets
Biodiversity offsetting is a licence to trash
A proposal in the UK to destroy ancient woodland to make way for a £40 million motorway service station clearly reveals the flaws of biodiversity offsets.
Biodiversity offsetting in action: Bulldoze the UK’s ancient woodlands? No problem, just plant some trees
The Right Honourable Owen Paterson MP is the UK’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Commenting on his appointment in 2012, George Monbiot described it as “a declaration of war on the environment”.
No to Biodiversity Offsetting
You’ve heard of carbon offsetting. Here’s biodiversity offsetting – a scheme that would allow destructive development projects just about anywhere.