Effective marine offsets for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Bos, Melissa ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Stoeckl, Natalie ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Compensation; Great Barrier Reef; Mitigation; Offsets; World Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84902013097     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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