Are offsets effective? An evaluation of recent environmental offsets in Western Australia

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• 作者：Jelena May ^{jelena_may@hotmail.com} ; Richard J. Hobbs ; ^{richard.hobbs@uwa.edu.au} ; Leonie E. Valentine ^{leonie.valentine@uwa.edu.au}
• 关键词：Environmental offsets ; Outcomes ; Environmental impact assessment ; Effectiveness framework ; Biodiversity offsets
• 刊名：Biological Conservation
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：206
• 期：Complete
• 页码：249-257
• 全文大小：693 K
• 卷排序：206

文摘

We examined the effectiveness of 208 offsets applied in Western Australia. At most 39% of offsets were effective and 30% were not or inadequately implemented. Better implementation and on-ground management of offsets is required. Improvements include timely reporting, compliance and measuring ecological outcomes.