The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy

M Maron, S Brownlie, JW Bull, MC Evans… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract 'No net loss' is a buzz phrase in environmental policy. Applied to a multitude of
environmental targets such as biodiversity, wetlands and land productive capacity, no net …

Should we be wary of mitigation banking? Evidence regarding the risks associated with this wetland offset arrangement in Florida

H Levrel, P Scemama, AC Vaissière - Ecological Economics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper describes and analyzes the risks associated with using mitigation banking for the
conservation of wetlands in Florida in the United States. First, we attempt to identify and …

[HTML][HTML] How much of a market is involved in a biodiversity offset? A typology of biodiversity offset policies

NS Koh, T Hahn, WJ Boonstra - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiversity offsets (BO) are increasingly promoted and adopted by governments and
companies worldwide as a policy instrument to compensate for biodiversity losses from …

Production-integrated compensation in environmental offsets—A review of a German offset practice

C Druckenbrod, V Beckmann - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental offset schemes designed to compensate for adverse development impacts
are found in countries worldwide, pursuing no-net-loss policy. In Germany, a practice …

Ethics and biodiversity offsetting

M Karlsson, K Edvardsson Björnberg - Conservation Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity offsetting is an increasingly applied tool aiming to compensate for
environmental damage caused by exploitation projects. Critics, however, raise concerns …

[HTML][HTML] The local costs of biodiversity offsets: Comparing standards, policy and practice

C Bidaud, K Schreckenberg, JPG Jones - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Biodiversity offsets seek to counterbalance loss of biodiversity due to major developments
by generating equivalent biodiversity benefits elsewhere, resulting, at least in theory, in 'no …

[HTML][HTML] Pulling biodiversity offsetting in different directions–Stakeholder frames in the preparation of the Finnish nature conservation act

H Lehtiniemi, M Aulake, R Paloniemi, S Huttunen - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiversity offsetting is a highly debated topic in biodiversity governance. On the one hand,
offsetting provides a promising new conservation tool that can make the loss of ecological …

A policy framework to accommodate both the analytical and normative aspects of biodiversity in ecological compensation

AC Vaissière, Y Meinard - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecological compensation is a principle according to which negative impacts on biodiversity
should be compensated for. Biodiversity offsetting (BO) is the requirement to compensate …

Taking an environmental ethics perspective to understand what we should expect from EIA in terms of biodiversity protection

A Bond, J Pope, A Morrison-Saunders… - … Impact Assessment Review, 2021 - Elsevier
As a globally mandated decision-support tool, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has
the potential to contribute to the protection of biodiversity, which is increasingly under threat …

Biodiversity offsets and payments for environmental services: Clarifying the family ties

AC Vaissiere, F Quetier, C Calvet, H Levrel… - Ecological Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Biodiversity Offsets (BO) and Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are
sometimes used interchangeably to characterize innovative economic tools to conserve or …