BBOP Publications Library

Biodiversity Offsets

Testing a Possible Method for Measuring Biodiversity Losses and Gains at Bardon Hill Quarry, UK

Introduction Biodiversity offsets can be defined as ‘measurable conservation outcomes resulting from actions designed to compensate for significant residual adverse biodiversity impacts arising from project development after appropriate prevention and mitigation measures have been taken’ (BBOP 2009). The goal of biodiversity offsets is to achieve no net loss (or preferably a net gain) of biodiversity […]

Compensatory mitigation as a solution to fisheries bycatch-biodiversity conservation conflicts

Globally, fisheries catch of non-target species has major environmental impacts, resulting in social conflict, litigation, and fisheries closures. We use a bio-economic approach to demonstrate that compensatory mitigation – an innovative, market-influenced approach to fishery–conservation conflicts – can facilitate high-value uses of biological resources and cost-effective conservation gains for species of concern. We illustrate the […]

The NSW Wetlands Management Policy

It is the policy of the NSW Government to: encourage the management of the wetlands of the State so as to halt and where possible, reverse: loss of wetland vegetation; declining water quality; declining natural productivity; loss of biological diversity; and declining natural flood mitigation.

Implementing the Habitats Directive in Marine and Coastal Areas

The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), London, is an independent institute concerned with advancing environmental policies in Europe. This seminar has been organised on the initiative of the Institute, in response to a perceived shortcoming in the application of the habitats Directive as it affects marine and coastal areas. We believe the event to […]