How much compensation is enough? A framework for incorporating uncertainty and time discounting when calculating offset ratios for impacted habitat

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-478

  Moilanen, Atte ^a   Van Teeffelen, Astrid J A ^a,b   Ben Haim, Yakov ^c   Ferrier, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat banking; Habitat equivalency analysis; Information gap decision theory; Mitigation; No net loss principle; Offsets; Strong sustainability; Time discounting; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68149172444     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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