Opportunities of payments for ecosystem services to finance wilderness protection in Europe (Read this article in french) The newly published report entitled ‘The Economics of Wilderness’ discusses the key economic dimensions, challenges and opportunities of diversifying resources for wilderness protection in Europe with a focus on payments for ecosystem services. The report, released by PAN [...]

Synergiz published a case study in December 2010 (in French) about the accounting implications of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform on April 20, 2010. An English translation is made available today : The financial impacts of BP’s response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – Comparing damage valuation approaches and highlighting [...]

Joël Houdet’s PhD defense (Synergiz’s Président) took place on October 18 2010 at AgroParisTech (CIFRE scholarship co-financed by Veolia Environnement & the ANRT). To download it: Firms, biodiversity and ecosystem services. What interactions and strategies? What accounting information systems? (Pdf 16Mo). To download the PowerPoint Presentation (Pdf 3Mo). Thesis committee: M. Bruno DAVID, Research Director, [...]

« EcoCommerce 101 – The emergence of an invisible hand to sustain the Bio-Economy » offers practical ways to look at payments for ecosystem services. With agriculture as a prime example, author Tim Gieseke makes use of actual and visionary examples of how cooperation between leaders in business, agriculture, government and ecology can lead to the emergence [...]

Joël Houdet, Synergiz’s President, will give a talk at the first annual symposium of the Québec Center for Biodiversity Science (QCBS). Biodiversity science in Québec: 2010 and beyond November 30, 2010 – December 2, 2010 New Residence Hall, McGill University 3625 Avenue du Parc, Montréal, Québec, Canada Program for November 30th, 2010: Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, [...]

Case study: BWB’s wastewater treatment plant in Berlin After one year during which all glances were directed to climatic change issues, with its paroxysm at Copenhagen’s conference last December, 2010 will be the year dedicated to biodiversity. Attentions will this time be focused on the tools needed to stop its global homogenization. Eager to respond [...]

ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) organises, in cooperation with the City of Bonn (Germany) and other organisations, the first congress on urban resiliency and adaptation to climate change “Resilient Cities 2010”. The Congress will be held on 28-30 May 2010 in Bonn, Germany, preceding the UN climate talks in Bonn, which are scheduled for 31 [...]

The European Environment Agency has launched a consultation towards a common international classification for ecosystem services (CICES), notably for the development of integrated economic and environmental accounting.  In this context, a working group composed of around 30 international experts met for a second time in Copenhagen from the 2nd to the 4th of December. An [...]

From 19 to 30 May 2008 Bonn will host the 9th Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The commendable efforts made by the city to take biodiversity into account in its urban planning will clearly need to be showcased during this important event. Situated in the Rhine [...]