Biodiversity offsets: can we push the threshold for offsetable impacts by translocation of substrates and species?

2018

Biodiversity offsets: can we push the threshold for offsetable impacts by translocation of substrates and species? Land-use have led to changes in ecosystem structures and processes, biodiversity loss, and declines in ecosystem services. However, biodiversity offsetting aimed at compensating for residual adverse biodiversity impacts arising from land-use projects potentially provides an approach that links biodiversity conservation and human development. In Sweden, biodiversity offsetts has had limited use so far, but there are expectations that an increased use of biodiversity offsets could help reduce biodiversity loss and maintain ecosystem function. To fulfill these expectations we need…