Avoiding impacts on biodiversity through strengthening the first stage of the mitigation hierarchy

The mitigation hierarchy is a decision-making framework designed to address impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services through first seeking to avoid impacts wherever possible, then minimizing or restoring impacts, and finally by offsetting any unavoidable impacts. Avoiding impacts is seen by ma...

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Published in:	Oryx Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 316 - 324
Main Authors:	Phalan, Ben, Hayes, Genevieve, Brooks, Sharon, Marsh, David, Howard, Pippa, Costelloe, Brendan, Vira, Bhaskar, Kowalska, Aida, Whitaker, Samir
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2018
Subjects:	Agricultural management Avoidance Biodiversity Conservation organizations Decision making Ecosystem services Ecosystems energy Environmental protection Forum Article infrastructure International finance Laws Net losses Planning politics Social impact Society Sustainability Oregon United Kingdom > UK United States > US Ireland conservation policy mitigation hierarchy Net Positive Impact No Net Loss Biodiversity offsets
ISSN:	0030-6053, 1365-3008, 1365-3008
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