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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… 9 Offset or mitigate? 9 Offset and the environmental mitigation hierarchy 9 Offset or compensate? 9 Onsite or … 80 8.2.1 The meaning of biodiversity offsets and the mitigation hierarchy 80 8.2.2 The Offset Spectrum 81 8.2.3 … conservation activities 22 Box 6: Growth of wetland mitigation banking in the USA 23 Box 7: The Inland Sea …
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Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The conservation case

… • The main strengths of NPI lie in its grounding in the Mitigation Hierarchy (which entails pursuing impact avoidance … address the risks and shortcomings seen in earlier mitigation and offset efforts. • Initial indications of the … NPI and begun implementation of the four elements of the Mitigation Hierarchy for its Figure 1. The Mitigation
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… 34 3 A Rights-based Approach to Climate Change Mitigation … 38 II RBA in the Climate Change Mitigation Context: CDM Projects … 39 III Implementing an RBA in Climate Change Mitigation … Law Chapter 3 A Rights-based Approach to Climate Change Mitigation Marcos Orellana, Center for International …
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Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The business case

… project outcomes. Operationalizing NPI involves using the Mitigation Hierarchy to prioritize impact avoidance and mitigation, as well as rehabilitation, above biodiversity … Implementing an NPI approach entails the use of the Mitigation Hierarchy, a decision-making framework for the …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… U rb an C oa st al Water supply regulation (incl. drought mitigation) Re/afforestation and forest conservation Dams and … U rb an C oa st al Water supply regulation (incl. drought mitigation) Re/afforestation and forest conservation Dams and … flood control ¬ Water supply regulation (including drought mitigation) ¬ Water purification and biological control ¬ …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… 32 2.3 Benefits of connectivity for climate change mitigation 33 2.4 Connectivity co-benefits for biodiversity … additional atmospheric carbon for climate change mitigation. The legal research and analyses reflected in this … conservation for climate change adaptation and mitigation, with particular attention to the potential for …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… impacts are likely to be high and/or irreversible (without mitigation measures in place or planned)? Table 2 offers … very likely be different for these two issues. Adopt the mitigation hierarchy. In developing a sustainability strategy for biodiversity, it is advisable to use the mitigation hierarchy as a framework for action. This calls …
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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species, developed under the … cooperation and, where pos- sible, harmonised prevention/mitigation measures (see 3.1.2 below). 1.1.3 Comparison with … It now appears it is too late to eradicate the mite. The mitigation plan is expected to cost the Government NZD 40 …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… to share and further develop practical and effective mitigation devices for these animals. The Seals Agreement, … Ecosystem approaches x x x x x 1.3.1 Human influences and mitigation x x x x x 1.3.2 Criteria and indicator …
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EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4.3 Mitigation of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … areas encourages the conservation, implementation of mitigation measures, and, where necessary, the restoration of … rural areas; • features for climate change adaptation and mitigation, such as marshes, floodplain forests and bogs for …
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