Development of a Typology of Biodiversity Offsets

Biodiversity Offsets in New Zealand: Another Round

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2328631 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Vernon John Charles Rive

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Biodiversity Offsets

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When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets

Environmental Management ◽

10.1007/s00267-020-01415-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 67 (2) ◽

pp. 424-435

Author(s):

Jenny Pope ◽

Angus Morrison-Saunders ◽

Alan Bond ◽

Francois Retief

Keyword(s):

Necessary Conditions ◽

Biodiversity Offsets

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Biodiversity Offset Program Design and Implementation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11246903 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 6903 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Marie Grimm ◽

Johann Köppel

Keyword(s):

Program Design ◽

Landscape Scale ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

No Net Loss ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

Biodiversity Offsets ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Mitigation Hierarchy ◽

Balance Development ◽

Biodiversity Offset

Biodiversity offsets are applied in many countries to compensate for impacts on the environment, but research on regulatory frameworks and implementation enabling effective offsets is lacking. This paper reviews research on biodiversity offsets, providing a framework for the analysis of program design (no net loss goal, uncertainty and ratios, equivalence and accounting, site selection, landscape-scale mitigation planning, timing) and implementation (compliance, adherence to the mitigation hierarchy, leakage and trade-offs, oversight, transparency and monitoring). Some more challenging aspects concern the proper metrics and accounting allowing for program evaluation, as well as the consideration of trade-offs when regulations focus only on the biodiversity aspect of ecosystems. Results can be used to assess offsets anywhere and support the creation of programs that balance development and conservation.

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