Mining and Biodiversity: Rehabilitating Coal Mine Sites
John RolfeConcerns 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.
Non-BBOP Compensatory Conservation Case Studies – 2009
Susie Brownlie - BBOPA summary of non-BBOP biodiversity offset case studies. Published in 2009.
Realising natures value
The Final Report of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force
Ecosystem Markets Task ForceThe Ecosystem Markets Task Force: introduction The Ecosystem Markets Task Force is a practical, business led review of the business opportunities that arise from valuing nature correctly. The work of the Task Force is a key commitment in the Governments Natural Environment White Paper, The Natural Choice. The White Papers ambition is to create a […]
Road Risks & Environmental Impact Assessments in Malaysian Road Infrastructure Projects
Dr Mohammed Alamgir, Dr Mason J. Campbell, Dr Sean Sloan , Dr Wong Ee Phin, Prof. William F. LauRoads can promote economic growth and social integration but they can also initiate environmental, economic and socio-political harms. In many cases, these harms can be considerably minimised and the road benefits maximised through proactive planning by road engineers and effective Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs).
International Approaches to Compensation for Impacts on Biological Diversity
International Approaches to Compensation for Impacts on Biological Diversity
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development and Berlin University of TechnologyThe starting point of this research project is the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Through the ratification of the CBD, member countries have made a commitment to support the conservation of biological diversity. In the sixth Environment Action Programme 2001 2010 (Our Future, Our Choice) the European Union established the preservation of biodiversity […]
Environmental Offsets: Position Statement No 9
Government of AustraliaIn 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
European UnionShort 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 […]
Making Environmental Markets Work: Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur , Carbon, Wetlands and Other Related Markets
Ricardo BayonEver since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it has become clear that market mechanisms can be effectively used to achieve environmental policies. But markets are neither infallible nor automatic. They have blind spots and they need to be […]
The Tradable Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: What Have We Learned?
Tom TietenbergThe atmosphere is but one of many commons and climate change is but one example of over-exploitation of the commons. An approach employed increasingly for coping with the problem of rationing access to the commons involves the use of tradable permits. Applications of this approach have spread to many different types of resources and many […]