Addressing practical challenges for biodiversity offsetting in the UK. 'Towards no net loss, and beyond' workshop, 22 June 2010. Briefing Note

This series of workshops will address some of the most urgent and cross‐cutting challenges for the potential large scale implementation of biodiversity offsetting in the UK, bringing together individuals with a broad range of expertise and perspectives. The aim of this first workshop is to identify some practical challenges for the further implementation of biodiversity offsetting in the UK, and to work out how these may best be resolved. The other workshops in the series will cover the following topics: Addressing scientific and environmental information challenges for biodiversity offsetting in the UK (29th September, 2010); Scoping the potential for offsetting of impacts on ecosystem services (7th December, 2010) Detailed discussion of the topics for the other workshops will be avoided at the event on 22nd June. The programmes for the second and third workshops will, however, be informed by the discussions at the first workshop.