‘Better than Doing Nothing’ – constructing support for biodiversity offsetting in Finland

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Table 1. Interviewees of the study

Interviewee	Role in relation to biodiversity offsetting
IND#1	Industry representative
IND#2	Industry representative
IND#3	Industry representative
MIN#1	Ministry official
NGO#1	NGO representative
NGO#2	NGO representative
RES#1	Researcher
RES#2	Researcher
RES#3	Researcher

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Reference	Description
Brax (2018)	Article by WWF about biodiversity offsetting in Finland (in Finnish)
Kotiaho et al. (2016)	Report for the Ministry of the Environment about how to reach the target of restoring 15% of degraded ecosystems in Finland
Nygren, Brunet, and Kankainen (2020)	Rulebook to the Offsetting Game, which was developed as part of a research project about biodiversity offsetting at Tampere University
Ollikainen (2018)	Portrait article presenting the Habitat Bank project
Pekkonen and Ollikainen (2015)	Video recording of the 2015 Helsinki Challenge presentation of the ‘Biodiversity Now!’ project
SYKE (2019)	Policy brief recommending the implementation of ecological compensation in Finland
BOOST (n.d.)	Research project focusing on the implementation of biodiversity offsetting in Finland
Raunio et al. (2019)	Report for the Ministry of the Environment about the suitability of habitat types for biodiversity offsetting
Ministry of the Environment, (n.d.)	Information page about the implementation of biodiversity offsetting as part of the reform of the Nature Conservation Act
Ministry of the Environment (n.d.)	National action plan for conservation of biodiversity 2013–2020, which mentions implementation of biodiversity offsetting

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