27/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - Loss of biodiversity is costing a fortune. In addition to the financial crisis, there is a silent crisis of biodiversity loss costing the EU €450 billion annually, according to Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, Netherlands), European Parliament special rapporteur on biodiversity. His draft report presented to the environment committee on 24 January calls for the “No Net Loss” principle - that those who cause damage to nature must compensate the loss - to be...