Spurred by recent initiatives aimed at achieving “No Net Loss” of biodiversity, the concept of
biodiversity offsetting (henceforth BO) is growing in popularity in the political, business …

Urban environments consist of a mosaic of natural fragments, planned and unintentional
habitats hosting both introduced and spontaneous species. The latter group exploits …

Biodiversity offsetting is usually the last step in the mitigation hierarchy and aims to
compensate for impacts of development projects on biodiversity. It is supposed to contribute …

Society is already seeing the ecological and economic benefits from restoration projects.
However, the challenge is much bigger than the current efforts from ecologists and …

Environmental compensation (EC) aims at addressing environmental losses due to
development projects and involves a need to compare development losses with …

In the context of the decentralisation reform, the objects of the nature reserve fund have an
outstanding potential for the economic and environmental development of territorial …

Abstract Conservation Banking in California is a long-established offset program. Banks are
hybrid instruments that hover between market autonomy and regulatory oversight …

As Reservas Legais (RL), instituídas pela legislação brasileira, constituem um componente
essencial para a conservação da biodiversidade e a mitigação das mudanças climáticas no …