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1 online resource (viii, 131 pages) |
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 and across the developing world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-127) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021) |
| Subject |
Environmental protection -- Australia
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Environmental protection.
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Carbon offsetting.
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Carbon dioxide mitigation.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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environmental protection.
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Organic farming.
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Science: general issues.
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Conservation of natural resources
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Carbon offsetting
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Carbon dioxide mitigation
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Biodiversity conservation
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Environmental protection
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Environmental policy & protocols.
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Agriculture & farming.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainability.
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Impact of science & technology on society.
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Environmental management.
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burgin, Shelley, editor, contributor.
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Hundloe, T. J. A. (Torstein John Arneson), editor, contributor.
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| ISBN |
9781486313198 |
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1486313191 |
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9781486313204 |
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1486313205 |
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