Environmental Offset Policies, Principles, and Methods: A Review of Selected Legislative Frameworks
Bruce McKenneyEnvironmental offsets seek to ensure that unavoidable adverse environmental impacts of development are counterbalanced by environmental gains, with the overall aim of achieving a net neutral or beneficial outcome. In line with sustainable development, offsets represent one important tool for maintaining or enhancing environmental values in situations where social and economic development is sought despite […]
Victoria ‘s Native Vegetation Management: A Framework for Action Summary Brochure 1
Government of AustraliaThe need for a consistent approach to native vegetation management and retention across the State and support for Local Government during the introduction of the Framework, were issues repeatedly highlighted by submissions to the draft document. In recognition of this feedback and the technical nature of the Framework, there are 10 regionally based Native Vegetation […]
New Regulations could mean Big Business for US Mitigation Bankers?
Ricardo BayonJohn Ryan, the President of Land and Water Resources Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, is the perfect example of how environmental markets are transforming the way people do business in the US. In Ryan’s particular case, not only has his business been radically transformed, but so has his life, his career, and even his legacy.
Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas Development
The Energy and Biodiversity InstituteIncreasingly, areas of interest for oil and gas development are also being recognized and valued for their biodiversity resources. Biodiversity, the complex web of genes, species, ecosystems and ecological processes that sustain life on Earth, provides human society with food, medicines, natural resources, ecological services and spiritual and aesthetic benefits. Yet, this biodiversity is under […]
THE USE OF MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION THE CASE OF HABITAT BANKING
Summary Report for European Commission DG Environment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is the summary report of the consortium led by Economics For The Environment Consultancy Ltd (eftec) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) for the contract for European Commission Directorate-General Environment on The Use of Market-based Instrument for Biodiversity Protection the case of habitat banking (ENV.G.1/ETU/2008/0043).
Ecology and Environmental Impact Assessment
Jo Treweek
Realising a vision of no net loss through marine biodiversity offsetting in Australia
Holly J. Niner, Ben Milligan, Peter J.S. Jones, Craig A. Styan - University College London, Australia, Centre for Law and Environment, University College London, Department of Geography, University College London, University College London, AustraliaBiodiversity offsets are increasingly used in policy frameworks to regulate the environmental impacts of development including projects located in marine environments. Scientific knowledge gaps and other practical challenges have necessitated flexibility concerning the manner in which key offsetting principles are implemented in policy frameworks relevant to such environments. The potential trade-off of such flexibility is […]
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Act No. 91 of 1999 as Amended, Volume 1
Government of AustraliaThe objects of this Act are: to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance; and to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources; and to promote the conservation of biodiversity; and to provide for the […]
Decreto No 4.340, 22 Agusto 2002
Government of BrazilArt. 2o O ato de criação de uma unidade de conservação deve indicar: a denominação, a categoria de manejo, os objetivos, os limites, a área da unidade e o órgão responsável por sua administração; a população tradicional beneficiária, no caso das Reservas Extrativistas e das Reservas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável; a população tradicional residente, quando couber, […]
Federal Guidance on the Use of In-Lieu-Fee Arrangements for Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act
Government of the United StatesThe Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are issuing final policy guidance regarding the use of in-lieu-fee arrangements for the purpose of providing compensation for adverse impacts to wetlands and other aquatic resources. Compensatory mitigation projects are designed to replace aquatic […]