BBOP Publications Library

Policy Review: Wetland Mitigation – Report No 99-40

Wetlands provide vital functions to the natural environment, including groundwater recharge, stormwater attenuation, and wildlife habitat. The efforts of the state regulatory agencies, the Department of Environmental Protection (department hereafter) and the water management districts (districts hereafter), are directed at balancing environmental protection with private property rights and economic development pressures.

Biodiversity Offsets: Good for Business and Biodiversity?

What are biodiversity offsets? “Conservation actions intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, so as to ensure no net loss of biodiversity. Before developers contemplate offsets, they should have first sought to avoid and minimize harm to biodiversity.”

Resource Paper: Limits to What Can Be Offset

This document is one of two Resource Papers (the other being on No Net Loss) written to update information published in the BBOP Offset Design Handbook (2009) and to support the interpretation and understanding of the Principles, and of the Criteria and Indicators developed for the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets. The document specifically addresses […]

Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Paper

A report by the IUCN Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Group

Summary report of the IUCN Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Group, examining how can IUCN support best practice in offsetting