Biodiversity Offsets : A User Guide
Biodiversity represents the variety of life on Earth, including the full range of ecosystems, species, and genes. Biodiversity conservation efforts to date have achieved a great deal to help secure the continued functioning of many threatened ecosy...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/344901481176051661/Biodiversity-offsets-a-user-guide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25758 |
| Summary: | Biodiversity represents the variety of
life on Earth, including the full range of ecosystems,
species, and genes. Biodiversity conservation efforts to
date have achieved a great deal to help secure the continued
functioning of many threatened ecosystems and the survival
of numerous species. Biodiversity offsets can: (i) improve
the conservation outcomes from large-scale development
projects, and (ii) provide much-needed funding for protected
areas and similar conservation efforts. This user guide
provides introductory guidance on whether, when, and how to
prepare and implement biodiversity offsets for large-scale,
private, and public sector development projects. It also
explores some of the opportunities that may exist for
developing national biodiversity offset systems. |
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