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… Fargione, J. et al. (2008). Land clearing and the biofuel carbon debt. Science 319, 5867, pp. 1235-1238. The … fermentation of biomass and composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide. Biogas can be burnt to produce heat and/or … Banking Biodiversity offsets are commonly applied to offset any damage to biodiversity resulting from …

… or economic productivity and complexity of land, reducing carbon storage in soil and vegetation, driving the loss of … Measurements of Net Primary Productivity (the net flux of carbon from the atmosphere into green plants per unit time) … such as disruption of water regulation or reduction in carbon sequestration. Such causal links are far reaching and …

… the evolution from own use to shared use. In 2015, the Carbon Trust pointed to businesses simultaneously living in … of detail required before 2009). 8 Formerly called the ‘Carbon Disclosure Project’ but, with its broader remit … site-based water footprints through a localised offset does not attempt to address the major water use …

… trade, subsidies and credits should be made available to offset the costs of biodiversity conservation in tropical … protein consumed by both rural and urban populations Carbon sequestration The removal and long-term storage of carbon from the atmosphere Certification See forest …

… jeopardize the health and productivity of land: higher carbon emissions and temperatures, changing rainfall … require shifts away from resource-intensive production, carbon-intensive processing and transport, land-intensive … costs of exploitation were seen as diffuse and/or easily offset. More recently, we have come to understand that this …

… food or shelter, alter vegetation composition, change carbon storage or water quality, or affect other critical … Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is then to be designed to offset any harmful effects the proposed activity might have … reduction and expenses incurred by the minister may be offset by the sale of carcasses of any destroyed game (Game …