News Headline

Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets

Source
Nature

Publication Date
2015-07-23

Biodiversity offsetting involves trying to compensate for the damage to species and habitats caused by development such as expanding cities, constructing mines and building dams, by creating an 'ecologically equivalent' benefit elsewhere1.

Content
http://www.nature.com/news/conservation-stop-misuse-of-biodiversity-offsets-1.18010