News Headline
Biodiversity offsetting - an end to environmental protection?
Source
Ecologist (UK)
Publication Date
2013-11-04
Biodiversity offsetting (BDO for short) is a tool which aims to assess likely biodiversity loss from development, then replace what is lost on new sites elsewhere. I believe this approach is deeply flawed on many levels. Not least because it fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between people and their natural surroundings.