Mitigation for one & all: An integrated framework for mitigation of development impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-34

  Tallis, Heather ^a   Kennedy, Christina M ^a   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^b   Goldstein, Joshua ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity offsets; Conservation planning; Environmental compensation; Land use planning; Mitigation hierarchy; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND USE;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPENSATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION HIERARCHY; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84936888158     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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