| Biodiversity offsetting |
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Given growing recognition of the importance of biodiversity, all sectors are looking for ways to mitigate the environmental costs of development activity. Biodiversity offsetting refers to market-based schemes designed to compensate for losses of biodiversity due to development projects. This POSTnote summarises biodiversity offsetting and examines opportunities and risks of offsets within a UK context.
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- Short title:
- Biodiversity
- Start date:
- 2011-01
- End date:
- 2011-01
- Homepage:
- http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_369-biodiversity-offsetting.pdf
- Project leader:
- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology of the UK Parliament (POST)
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
