Offsetting as an excuse for biodiversity loss

(ici pour la version française)

As seen in the two first comics, one of the biggest challenge of the last decades have been to balance conservation and development. It is why some «offsetting» systems have been used to compensate destruction of natural habitat. Does it work? What will say COP15 about it?

A comic about Contrecoeur Port Terminal Expansion in Montreal and the Copper Redhorse's habitat destruction.
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.
A comic about no net loss of fish habitat and wetlands with Alain Branchaud of Canadien Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada. About biodiversity markets in California and USA.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting, net gain of habitat, and COP15.

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Biodiversity is political

(Read the first short comic about COP15 here, lisez la version française ici.)

Politics is everywhere. It is why I take the time talk about the environmental backlash that happened in USA in the 1970s and the 1980s, ending by market-oriented environmental regulations. And that impacted our way to manage biodiversity.

Short comic about COP15 on biological diversity
Anne Gorsuch, former head of EPA, about biodiversity and nature conservation

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