Biodiversity offsets are used internationally to compensate for impacts on the environment,
but research on the effectiveness of this instrument in conserving biodiversity is scarce …

Offsets are increasingly used to compensate for unavoidable development impacts on
species and habitats. Many offset programs pursue no net loss, but research on the success …

Abstract In the USA, Species Conservation Banking is a prominent example of
compensatory biodiversity impact mitigation, with an annual market value estimated at US …

Policy tools are needed that allow reconciliation of human development pressures with
conservation priorities. Biodiversity offsetting can be used to compensate for ecological …

Thirteen years after the release of the US Fish and Wildlife Service “Guidance for the
establishment, use, and operation of conservation banks”, a draft “Endangered Species Act …

Biodiversity worldwide is in dramatic decline. There is a need to develop new policy tools to
combat this trend, including market-based tools. One such tool is biodiversity offsetting …

Biodiversity offsets seek to compensate for residual environmental impacts of planned
developments after appropriate steps have been taken to avoid, minimize or restore impacts …

We examined and analyzed methods used to create numerical equivalence between sites
affected by development and proposed conservation offset sites. Application of biodiversity …

Biodiversity offsetting (ecological compensation, compensatory mitigation) is a process in
which ecological damage caused by human activity is compensated by improving ecological …

Biodiversity offsets have become a widely accepted means of attempting to compensate for
biodiversity loss from development, and are applied in planning and decision-making …