Biodiversity offsetting

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.

Short title:: Biodiversity
Start date:: 2011-01
End date:: 2011-01
Project leader:: Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology of the UK Parliament (POST)
Country:: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Homepage:: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_369-biodiversity-offsetting.pdf