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When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets

Environmental management (New York), 2021-02, Vol.67 (2), p.424-435 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets
Author: Pope, Jenny ; Morrison-Saunders, Angus ; Bond, Alan ; Retief, Francois
Subjects: Aquatic Pollution ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Biodiversity ; Clarity ; Compensation ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Decision making ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Ecology ; Ecosystem ; Environment ; Environmental Management ; Environmental restoration ; Forestry Management ; Habitat improvement ; Habitats ; Literature reviews ; Nature Conservation ; Net losses ; Offsets ; Typology ; Waste Water Technology ; Water Management ; Water Pollution Control
Is Part Of: Environmental management (New York), 2021-02, Vol.67 (2), p.424-435
Description: 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 processes at many levels. Yet their use is contentious, and numerous problems with both the concept and the practice have been identified in the literature. Our starting point is the understanding that offsets are a kind of biodiversity compensation measure through which the goal of no net loss (or net gain) of biodiversity can be at least theoretically achieved. Based on a typology of compensation measures distinguishing between habitat protection, improvement (including restoration, habitat creation and improved management practices) and other compensation, we review the literature to develop a framework of conditions that must be met if habitat protection and improvement initiatives can be truly considered offsets and not merely a lesser form of compensation. It is important that such conceptual clarity is reflected in offset policy and guidance, if offsets are to be appropriately applied and to have any chance of fully compensating for biodiversity loss. Our framework can be used to support the review and ongoing development of biodiversity offset policy and guidance, with the aim of improving clarity, rigour and therefore the chances that good biodiversity outcomes can be achieved.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0364-152X
EISSN: 1432-1009
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01415-0
PMID: 33481092
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets

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