Ecological restoration of terrestrial environments is a globally important process to combat
the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Holistic monitoring of restored biota and …

Biodiversity offsets are increasingly employed as an approach to compensate for
unavoidable development impacts. Reliance on overly simplistic metrics in assessing the …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognised for their potential to address both
the climate and biodiversity crises. Both these outcomes rely on the capacity of NbS to …

The mining industry is a major contributor to Australia's economy. However, such returns
may come at high environmental and social costs, including loss of biodiversity or heritage …

The nature and extent of environmental disturbance associated with mining commonly
entails completely new and challenging combinations of climate, lithology and landform …

Policy tools are needed that allow reconciliation of human development pressures with
conservation priorities. Biodiversity offsetting can be used to compensate for ecological …

Globally increasing rates of mine site discontinuations are resulting in the need for
immediate implementation of effective conservation and management strategies. Surveying …

In recent years, increasing efforts have been directed to the restoration of natural
communities affected by human activities. However, restoration success is often reduced …

Developers are often required by law to offset environmental impacts through targeted
conservation actions. Most offset policies specify metrics for calculating offset requirements …

Society's expectations for mining operations are that they are undertaken using the
principles of sustainable development. Numerous mines have been 'rehabilitated'in past …