Biodiversity offsets for offshore wind farm projects: The current situation in Europe

Marine Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-183

  Vaissière, Anne Charlotte ^a   Levrel, Harold ^a   Pioch, Sylvain ^b   Carlier, Antoine ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

EIA; Mitigation hierarchy; Offshore wind farms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WIND FARM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84898922865     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.023     Document Type: Article

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