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Biodiversity offsets: adding to the conservation estate, or ‘no net loss’?

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Pages 227-231 | Published online: 20 Feb 2012

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Jenny Pope, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Alan Bond & Francois Retief. (2021) When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets. Environmental Management 67:2, pages 424-435.
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Andrew Blackmore. (2019) Towards Unpacking the Theory Behind, and a Pragmatic Approach to Biodiversity Offsets. Environmental Management 65:1, pages 88-97.
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Falko T. Buschke, Susie Brownlie & Jeff Manuel. (2017) The conservation costs and economic benefits of using biodiversity offsets to meet international targets for protected area expansion. Oryx 53:4, pages 732-740.
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Rebecca Stone, Ruth Callaway & James C. Bull. (2019) Are biodiversity offsetting targets of ecological equivalence feasible for biogenic reef habitats?. Ocean & Coastal Management 177, pages 97-111.
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Laura J. Sonter, Megan Barnes, Jeffrey W. Matthews & Martine Maron. (2019) Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by U.S. Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes. Conservation Letters 12:3.
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Niak Sian Koh, Thomas Hahn & Wiebren J. Boonstra. (2019) How much of a market is involved in a biodiversity offset? A typology of biodiversity offset policies. Journal of Environmental Management 232, pages 679-691.
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Maria Jose Carreras Gamarra, James Philip Lassoie & Jeffrey Milder. (2018) Accounting for no net loss: A critical assessment of biodiversity offsetting metrics and methods. Journal of Environmental Management 220, pages 36-43.
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I. Peterson, M. Maron, A. Moillanen, S. Bekessy & A. Gordon. (2018) A quantitative framework for evaluating the impact of biodiversity offset policies. Biological Conservation 224, pages 162-169.
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Mustafa Ali, Christina M. Kennedy, Joe Kiesecker & Yong Geng. (2018) Integrating biodiversity offsets within Circular Economy policy in China. Journal of Cleaner Production 185, pages 32-43.
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Sumit Lodhia, Nigel Martin & John Rice. (2018) Appraising offsets as a tool for integrated environmental planning and management. Journal of Cleaner Production 178, pages 34-44.
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Martine Maron, Susie Brownlie, Joseph W. Bull, Megan C. Evans, Amrei von Hase, Fabien Quétier, James E. M. Watson & Ascelin Gordon. (2018) The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy. Nature Sustainability 1:1, pages 19-27.
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Joseph W. Bull, Samuel P. Lloyd & Niels Strange. (2017) Implementation Gap between the Theory and Practice of Biodiversity Offset Multipliers. Conservation Letters 10:6, pages 656-669.
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Lucie Bezombes, Stéphanie Gaucherand, Christian Kerbiriou, Marie-Eve Reinert & Thomas Spiegelberger. (2017) Ecological Equivalence Assessment Methods: What Trade-Offs between Operationality, Scientific Basis and Comprehensiveness?. Environmental Management 60:2, pages 216-230.
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Amrei von Hase & Kerry ten Kate. (2016) Correct framing of biodiversity offsets and conservation: a response to Apostolopoulou & Adams. Oryx 51:1, pages 32-34.
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Martine Maron, Ascelin Gordon, Brendan G. Mackey, Hugh P. Possingham & James E. M. Watson. (2016) Interactions Between Biodiversity Offsets and Protected Area Commitments: Avoiding Perverse Outcomes. Conservation Letters 9:5, pages 384-389.
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Nigel Martin, Megan Evans, John Rice, Sumit Lodhia & Philip Gibbons. (2016) Using offsets to mitigate environmental impacts of major projects: A stakeholder analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 179, pages 58-65.
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MARIAN WEBER, GRANT HAUER & DAN FARR. (2015) Economic-ecological evaluation of temporary biodiversity offsets in Alberta's boreal forest. Environmental Conservation 42:4, pages 315-324.
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Martine Maron, Joseph W. Bull, Megan C. Evans & Ascelin Gordon. (2015) Locking in loss: Baselines of decline in Australian biodiversity offset policies. Biological Conservation 192, pages 504-512.
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Rebecca Kormos, Cyril F. Kormos, Tatyana Humle, Annette Lanjouw, Helga Rainer, Ray Victurine, Russell A. Mittermeier, Mamadou S. Diallo, Anthony B. Rylands & Elizabeth A. Williamson. (2014) Great Apes and Biodiversity Offset Projects in Africa: The Case for National Offset Strategies. PLoS ONE 9:11, pages e111671.
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J.W. Bull, E.J. Milner-Gulland, K.B. Suttle & N.J. Singh. (2014) Comparing biodiversity offset calculation methods with a case study in Uzbekistan. Biological Conservation 178, pages 2-10.
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Ana Villarroya, Ana Cristina Barros & Joseph Kiesecker. (2014) Policy Development for Environmental Licensing and Biodiversity Offsets in Latin America. PLoS ONE 9:9, pages e107144.
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Ana Villarroya, Jesper Persson & Jordi Puig. (2014) Ecological compensation: From general guidance and expertise to specific proposals for road developments. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 45, pages 54-62.
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TOBY A. GARDNER, AMREI VON HASESUSIE BROWNLIE, JONATHAN M. M. EKSTROM, JOHN D. PILGRIM, CONRAD E. SAVYR. T. THEO STEPHENS, JO TREWEEK, GRAHAM T. USSHER, GERRI WARD & KERRY TEN KATE. (2013) Biodiversity Offsets and the Challenge of Achieving No Net Loss. Conservation Biology 27:6, pages 1254-1264.
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