Environmental offsets /

Environmental Offsets addresses four major forms of environmental offsets - biodiversity offsets, carbon offsets, offsetting the depletion of non-renewable resources and offsetting the destruction of built heritage. The authors discuss their research and provide case studies from around Australia an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burgin, Shelley (Editor , Contribuidor), Hundloe, T. J. A. (Torstein John Arneson) (Editor , Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, [2021]
Temas:
Environmental protection > Australia.
Environmental protection.
Biodiversity conservation.
Carbon offsetting.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environnement > Protection > Australie.
Environnement > Protection.
Biodiversité > Conservation.
Compensation des émissions de carbone.
Gaz carbonique > Réduction.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
environmental protection.
Organic farming.
Science: general issues.
Conservation of natural resources
Carbon offsetting
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Biodiversity conservation
Environmental protection
Environmental policy & protocols.
Agriculture & farming.
Sustainable agriculture.
Sustainability.
Impact of science & technology on society.
Environmental management.
Australia
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to environmental offsets / Tor Hundloe and Shelley Burgin
  • Crucial and contentious issues in addressing offsets / Tor Hundloe
  • Nuts and bolts of biodiversity offsetting / Tor Hundloe and Shelley Burgin
  • Management of protected areas : the need for environmental offsets / Shelley Burgin
  • Case studies. The 'Green Olympics' saves the green and golden bell frog / Shelley Burgin. Recreational fishers seek offsets / Shelley Burgin and Alan Midgley. 'Roof gardens' : an emerging offset opportunity / Craig Langston, Kaylavizhi Sundarraj Chandrasekar and Shelley Burgin. Offsetting coal-based electricity / Tor Hundloe and Keeley Hartzer
  • Case studies : offsetting in developing countries. Offsets in developing countries / Tor Hundloe. Compensating for the loss of tribal lifestyle / Eric Fru Zama, Shelley Burgin and Tor Hundloe. Role of offsets in the conservation of cultural and built heritage / Johari HN Amar, Lynne Armitage and Tor Hundloe
  • All forms of offsetting rolled into one. Adani coal mine : attempting the impossible / Tor Hundloe and Sheron Chand
  • Major task for the future. Urgent matter : offsetting coal mining jobs / Tor Hundloe and Ella Dewilde.

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