BBOP Publications Library

Environmental Offsets: Position Statement No 9

In recent decades, there have been several attempts at developing and using environmental offsets as an environmental management tool in Western Australia (WA). For example, in the 1980s and 1990s government agencies attempted to counter adverse environmental impacts to Swan Coastal Plain wetlands by creating, conserving or enhancing wetlands elsewhere.

Application of NATURA 2000 in the Marine Environment

Short contributions from the participants illustrated that Member States have made very different progress in the identification and selection process of marine sites for NATURA 2000. The meeting had to recognize that overall the implementation is making very slow progress. On one hand only very few pure marine sites have been selected so far, many […]

Federal Guidance on the Use of TEA-21 Preference for Mitigation Banking to Fulfill Mitigation Requirements Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Mining and Biodiversity: Rehabilitating Coal Mine Sites

Concerns about environmental impacts have become widespread over the past four decades. In most of regional Australia, these concerns have focused on the activities of the agricultural and mining industries, as these are often the only economic activities in many regions.