Environmental Offsets

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
What Works ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
Biodiversity Offsets

We are currently facing significant challenges in environmental management that must be addressed to maintain the health of our planet and our population. While carbon offsetting in its various forms is widespread globally, few countries have fully legislated and put into operation other offset policies. This edited collection aims to fill the gap of knowledge on environmental offsets, from theory to practice. Environmental Offsets addresses four major forms of environmental offsets – biodiversity offsets, carbon offsets, offsetting the depletion of non-renewable resources and offsetting the destruction of built heritage. The authors discuss their research and provide case studies from around Australia and across the developing world. Using examples such as the Sydney Olympics, the Bakossi Forest Reserve in Cameroon and green roof gardens, this book highlights the strengths and weaknesses of environmental offsetting and illustrates how jobs can be created in the offsetting process. Environmental Offsets is both a historical source in our understanding of environmental offsetting and a guide to the way forward. It illustrates what works, what does not and what can be improved for the future.

scholarly journals The invisible commodity: Local experiences with forest carbon offsetting in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
pp. 251484862090523
Author(s):  
Wendy B. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
History Of ◽  
Village Government

A core component of the Paris Agreement is reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Originally envisioned as a form of payments for ecosystem services, REDD+ has played out in a myriad of ways on the ground. Examining the transition of REDD+ from theory to practice, this article provides an ethnographic account of local experiences with the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership in Indonesia. Challenges with the invisibility of “carbon” as a resource—both literally and figuratively—was a common theme as community members questioned the feasibility of carbon as a commodity and expressed concerns that if REDD+ did succeed, their land rights might be usurped by more powerful interests. Concurrent to REDD+, communities were navigating imminent threats from forest fires and oil palm expansion. Village government leaders saw REDD+ as a potential buffer against these threats, but due to a history of failed development interventions they proceeded carefully in REDD+. Because the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership was funded by bi-lateral aid, it was less susceptible to fluctuations in the carbon market but more vulnerable to changes in Australia’s administration and aid priorities, which ultimately led to the project’s closure in 2014. Since the project’s closure, villages have experienced the expansion of oil palm plantations onto community lands, and local forests and croplands have been engulfed in massive peatland fires—both threats that REDD+ was designed to confront. A key lesson from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership is that if the international community wants to work with local communities to make a lasting impact, it is essential that their engagement be built upon commitment, transparency, and trust.

Agricultural environmental management; case studies from theory to practice

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Frost ◽  
S. Stewart ◽  
D. Kerr ◽  
J. MacDonald ◽  
B. D'Arcy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Diffuse Pollution ◽  
Financial Data ◽  
Habitat Conservation ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Grant Scheme

Six farms were examined, each from a different sector of Scottish agriculture. Surveys were carried out to identify both diffuse pollution risks and options for habitat conservation and enhancement. Financial data were also gathered to determine the current sources of farm income, both from sale of produce and from grants. Whole farm plans were produced aimed at bringing about reductions in diffuse pollution to water, soil and air and also habitat improvements. The assembled information was used to devise a possible agri-environment grant scheme to aid the implementation of the whole farm plans.

scholarly journals Which types of product attributes lead to aviation voluntary carbon offsetting among air passengers?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Ritchie ◽  
Astrid Kemperman ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Flight Behaviour ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
Global Carbon

Tourism contributes 8% to global carbon emissions. Yet only 10% of air passengers purchase voluntary carbon offsets. We test the effectiveness of different communication messages to increase voluntary purchasing of carbon offsets by air passengers. Results of a discrete choice experiment indicate that air passengers prefer carbon offset schemes that fund local programs (as opposed to international programs), that are effective in mitigating emissions, and are accredited. The ability to choose the specific offsetting program to be funded is not important. The willingness-to-pay for carbon offsets when booking for a group is lower than when booking an individual flight for oneself. Three market segments with distinct preferences exists. Segments also differ in key personal characteristics, including age, employment status, frequent flyer membership, and flight behaviour, making them actionable target segments for aviation carbon offsetting.

Why What Works Works: Motivation From Theory to Practice

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1200-1201
Author(s):  
Terry F. McNabb
Keyword(s):  
Theory To Practice ◽  
What Works

scholarly journals The Ecosystem Protection and Promotion of Mogao Grottoes

2020 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 00010
Author(s):  
Jiani Liang ◽  
Dexiang Deng ◽  
Xi Zhou ◽  
Kaige Liu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Ecosystem Protection ◽  
Mogao Grottoes ◽  
Environmental Space

The cultural heritage of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves is a valuable as set for China, but the site is located in Gansu Province in northern China, where the ecological environment is fragile, the environmental space is relatively small and the environmental carrying capacity is limited. In the process of accelerating the tourism development and construction of Mogao Caves cultural heritage, the ecological balance of the environment has been upset and problems have emerged. This paper investigates the ecological and environmental management and enhancement of the site, as well as the conservation and protection of the non-renewable resources of the Mogao Caves cultural heritage.

scholarly journals Inclusion of forestry offsets in emission trading schemes: insights from global experts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Shrestha ◽  
Sarah Eshpeter ◽  
Nuyun Li ◽  
Jinliang Li ◽  
John O. Nile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Carbon Pricing ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
The Future

AbstractEmissions trading schemes (ETSs) have been a central component of international climate change policies, as a carbon pricing tool to achieve emissions reduction targets. Forest carbon offset credits have been leveraged in many ETSs to efficiently meet emission reduction targets, yet there is little knowledge about the perceptions, experiences, and challenges associated with the forest carbon offsetting in existing and pilot ETS. Given that the future inclusion of forest carbon offset in ETS management activities and policies will require strong support and acceptability among the institutions and experts involved in ETS, this study explores the experiences and lessons learned with 16 globally engaging experts representing major existing ETSs (North America, Europe, and New Zealand) and Chinese pilot ETSs towards the inclusion of forestry offsets, major concerns and challenges with existing implementation models. Findings revealed that many respondents particularly from North America, New Zealand, and Chinese pilot systems portrayed positive attitudes toward the inclusion of forestry carbon offsets and its role in contributing to a viable ETS, while European experts were not supportive. Respondents cited leakage, permanence, additionality, and monitoring design features as the major challenges and concerns that inhibit the expansion and inclusion of forest carbon offsetting. Respondents from Chinese pilot schemes referenced a unique set of challenges related to implementation, including the increasing cost of afforestation and reforestation projects, the uncertainty in the future supply and demand for their national Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) scheme and landowner engagement. Existing and future ETSs should learn from and address the challenges experienced by global experts and carbon pricing mechanisms to design, evaluate, or enhance their forest carbon offset programs for an effective and viable system that successfully contributes to GHG mitigation practices globally. We recommend inclusion of forest carbon offsets at the early stages of ETS improves the perceptions and experience of policy makers and practitioners toward the success and potential of forestry offsets in ETS ensuring familiarity and confidence in the mechanism.

Improving Environmental Management: What works what doesn't

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 6-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Beardsley ◽  
Terry Davies ◽  
Robert Hersh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
What Works
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