A global analysis reveals a collective gap in the transparency of offset policies and how biodiversity is measured

E Marshall, D Southwell, BA Wintle… - Conservation …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Offsetting policies have increased worldwide, utilizing a range of biodiversity metrics to
compensate for development impacts. We conducted a global analysis of offset legislation …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the relationship between biodiversity and carbon offset in ecological compensation

A Raihan - The International Conference on New Quality …, 2024‏ - researchgate.net
The application of ecological compensation is widely recognized as a significant mechanism
for mitigating environmental deterioration that frequently arises from activities associated …

Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks to replace plant species lost from destroyed wetlands

SC Tillman, JW Matthews - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Offset policies are used world‐wide as a means to compensate for destruction of
ecosystems by requiring developers to restore or preserve ecosystems elsewhere. A key …

[HTML][HTML] Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity and carbon in ecological compensation

E Yirdaw, M Kanninen, A Monge - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Ecological compensation, which is widely applied, is presumed to be an important
mechanism to address environmental degradation that commonly occurs due to activities …

Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes

JR Rhodes, Y Liu, A Wahyudi, M Maron… - People and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity offsets are a popular policy tool for mitigating the impact of development on
biodiversity, but the ecological success of offsets arise from complex interactions among …

Sentiment and attitudes toward offsetting and the biodiversity market in online media articles

S Theis - Conservation Biology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity offsetting, a conservation approach to offset loss of habitat and ecosystem
services, has been widely accepted and implemented in different legislative frameworks …

Mitigation bank applications for freshwater systems: Control mechanisms, project complexity, and caveats

S Theis, M Poesch - Plos one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Biodiversity and mitigation banking has become a popular alternative offsetting mechanism,
especially for freshwater species and systems. Central to this increase in popularity is the …

Who pays and who should pay for the uncertain conservation cost in biodiversity banking programs: evidence from a laboratory experiment

K Higashida, K Tanaka, S Managi - Environment, Development and …, 2024‏ - Springer
A major issue regarding biodiversity offset schemes is uncertainty about conservation and its
costs. Although the demand for market expansions for biodiversity banking has increased in …

Strengthening conservation law enforcement: incorporating harm, remediation and plural nature value criteria into an individual-based assessment of biodiversity …

D Ghijselinck, O Honnay, E Matthysen - bioRxiv, 2025‏ - biorxiv.org
Biodiversity loss is a pressing global issue, necessitating effective conservation laws and
compelling enforcement mechanisms. Yet, implementation issues persist. This study …

[PDF][PDF] Markets for biodiversity: Designing policy tools for nature conservation

J Kangas - 2022‏ - helda.helsinki.fi
This thesis examines how markets for biodiversity can make economic development
compatible with nature conservation by providing economic incentives for conserving …