[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity offsets: from current challenges to harmonized metrics
B Gonçalves, A Marques, AMVDM Soares… - Current Opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biodiversity offsets are a compensation tool that uses a common metric.•We
reviewed the scientific literature on biodiversity offsetting.•Most common challenges are …
reviewed the scientific literature on biodiversity offsetting.•Most common challenges are …
Application of management tools to integrate ecological principles with the design of marine infrastructure
Globally the coastal zone is suffering the collateral damage from continuing urban
development and construction, expanding resource sectors, increasing population …
development and construction, expanding resource sectors, increasing population …
Taming a wicked problem: resolving controversies in biodiversity offsetting
The rising popularity of biodiversity offsetting as a tool for balancing biodiversity losses from
development with equivalent gains elsewhere has sparked debate on many fronts. The …
development with equivalent gains elsewhere has sparked debate on many fronts. The …
Biodiversity offsets in theory and practice
Biodiversity offsets are an increasingly popular yet controversial tool in conservation. Their
popularity lies in their potential to meet the objectives of biodiversity conservation and of …
popularity lies in their potential to meet the objectives of biodiversity conservation and of …
Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies
Offsetting is emerging as an important but controversial approach for managing environment–
development conflicts. Biodiversity offsets are designed to compensate for damage to …
development conflicts. Biodiversity offsets are designed to compensate for damage to …
Importance of baseline specification in evaluating conservation interventions and achieving no net loss of biodiversity
There is an urgent need to improve the evaluation of conservation interventions. This
requires specifying an objective and a frame of reference from which to measure …
requires specifying an objective and a frame of reference from which to measure …
Locking in loss: Baselines of decline in Australian biodiversity offset policies
Biodiversity offset trades usually aim to achieve 'no net loss' of biodiversity. But the question
remains: no net loss compared to what? Determining whether an offset can compensate for …
remains: no net loss compared to what? Determining whether an offset can compensate for …
Seeking convergence on the key concepts in 'no net loss' policy
Biodiversity conservation policies incorporating a no net loss (NNL) principle are being
implemented in many countries. However, there are linguistic and conceptual …
implemented in many countries. However, there are linguistic and conceptual …
Calculating the benefit of conservation actions
The benefit (or additionality) attributable to a conservation action is the difference between
the outcomes of two scenarios:(1) the scenario with the conservation action, and (2) the …
the outcomes of two scenarios:(1) the scenario with the conservation action, and (2) the …
Tracking the origins and development of biodiversity offsetting in academic research and its implications for conservation: a review
C Coralie, O Guillaume, N Claude - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Spurred by recent initiatives aimed at achieving “No Net Loss” of biodiversity, the concept of
biodiversity offsetting (henceforth BO) is growing in popularity in the political, business …
biodiversity offsetting (henceforth BO) is growing in popularity in the political, business …