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Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets

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  • Martine Maron

    (Martine Maron is associate professor in environmental management and an Australian Research Council future fellow in the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.)

  • Ascelin Gordon

    (Ascelin Gordon is a vice-chancellor's senior research fellow in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria.)

  • Brendan G. Mackey

    (Brendan G. Mackey is director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.)

  • Hugh P. Possingham

    (Hugh P. Possingham is an Australian Research Council laureate fellow at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and professor of conservation decisions at Imperial College London, UK.)

  • James E. M. Watson

    (James E. M. Watson is associate professor of environmental management at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and director of the Science and Research Initiative at the Wildlife Conservation Society.)

Abstract

Governments should not meet existing conservation targets using the compensation that developers pay for damaging biodiversity, say Martine Maron and colleagues.

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  • Martine Maron & Ascelin Gordon & Brendan G. Mackey & Hugh P. Possingham & James E. M. Watson, 2015. "Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets," Nature, Nature, vol. 523(7561), pages 401-403, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:523:y:2015:i:7561:d:10.1038_523401a
    DOI: 10.1038/523401a
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    1. Hoong Chen Teo & Alex Mark Lechner & Saut Sagala & Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, 2020. "Environmental Impacts of Planned Capitals and Lessons for Indonesia’s New Capital," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Fassina, Caroline & Jarvis, Diane & Tavares, Silvia & Coggan, Anthea, 2022. "Valuation of ecosystem services through offsets: Why are coastal ecosystems more valuable in Australia than in Brazil?," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).
    3. Marie Grimm & Johann Köppel, 2019. "Biodiversity Offset Program Design and Implementation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Morgan, Edward A. & Buckwell, Andrew & Guidi, Caterina & Garcia, Beatriz & Rimmer, Lawrence & Cadman, Tim & Mackey, Brendan, 2022. "Capturing multiple forest ecosystem services for just benefit sharing: The Basket of Benefits Approach," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    5. Julie Chaurand & Charlotte Bigard & Sylvie Vanpeene-Bruhier & John d. Thompson, 2019. "Articuler la politique Trame verte et bleue et la séquence Éviter-réduire-compenser : complémentarités et limites pour une préservation efficace de la biodiversité en France," Post-Print hal-02448927, HAL.

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