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UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... companies. John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia, cited The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a global initiative that has developed standards for measuring the economic benefits of biodiversity and the costs ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Standards Board among the supporters of the Natural Capital Declaration," said Ivo Mulder, programme officer for biodiversity, ecosystems services and water, UNEP FI and the Natural Capital Declaration. "A key pillar of the NCD's work on integrating ...

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy have launched a $3.3 million conservation fund that aims to conserve biodiversity in the Tasmanian Midlands. Beaufront, one of the 10 properties that has joined the Midlands Conservation Fund. (Photo courtesy ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... from ending the fixed price period a year early, Rudd has outlined a number of funding cuts, including cutting the Biodiversity Fund's forward funding by AU$213 million and cutting the Carbon Farming Futures program's forward funding by AU$143 million. ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... markets currently hovers around the AU$6 point. To make up the difference, Rudd announced the government would cut the Biodiversity Fund's forward funding by AU$213 million and cutting the Carbon Farming Futures program's forward funding by AU$143 million ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... SDSN centre and will focus on the Mediterranean region. See Also: Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... An international team of biologists, including an associate professor at Monash University, have proposed a global biodiversity monitoring system based on a set of essential biodiversity variables to improve the data feeding biodiversity policy and sustainability ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... again, the opportunities come tempered with challenges - infrastructure development, developing skilled workers, and biodiversity and environmental risks. "Capacity-building and resilient infrastructure - why is that relevant here," Woo of KPMG said. ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... forefront of addressing some the world's most pressing social and environmental issues, including climate change, loss of biodiversity and other ecosystem services, and growing global demand for commodities and primary materials," the company said. "We ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia uses science, maths and English resources to educate primary and secondary students about waste, water, biodiversity, energy use and climate change. The five year financial support is targeted at putting Cool Australia's materials in front ...