The development of the Australian environmental offsets policy: From theory to practice

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 306-314

  Miller, Katherine L ^a   Trezise, James A ^a   Kraus, Stefan ^a   Dripps, Kimberley ^a   Evans, Megan C ^b   Gibbons, Philip ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c,d   Maron, Martine ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; biodiversity; environmental offsets; mitigation hierarchy; no net loss; threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS; MITIGATION HIERARCHY; NO NET LOSS; THREATENED SPECIES;

DECISION MAKING;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84949316546     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689291400040X     Document Type: Article

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