Biodiversity offsets use in the UK: How, where and when?

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Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 2-7

  Bull, Joseph ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892933013     PISSN: 01439073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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14. Burgin, S. (2008) BioBanking: an environmental scientist's view of the role of biodiversity banking offsets in conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17:807-816. Joe Bull is a researcher at the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London. He also codirects Wild Business Ltd which provides advice on business and biodiversity issues, including the appropriateness of voluntary offset strategies. j.bull10@imperial.ac.uk