Equivalent biodiversity area: A novel metric for No Net Loss success in Brazil’s changing biomes

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 355, P. 120540 - 120540

Published: March 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Growth and Diet of Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in Boreal Lakes: Implications for Ecosystem Management

Hydrobiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(1), P. 1 - 1

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

An important top-down predator, the northern pike (Esox lucius), faces harsh environmental conditions in boreal ecoregion. They are often managed for recreational fishing and, more recently, to create offsets; strategies aimed at balancing ecological impacts by enhancing or restoring habitats. Our study examines populations two remote lakes Alberta: Steepbank and Wappau. The differ size, vegetation cover, trophic status, providing a natural experiment investigating growth, condition, diet, population density. Over three years (2018–2020), were sampled using gill nets. Population metrics, including stomach contents, compared between lakes. Steepbank, smaller, oligotrophic lake with low showed lower prey fish densities larger, eutrophic Wappau, but it did not catch per unit effort. Growth rates body condition varied significantly lakes, Wappau exhibiting faster growth better older age groups, while younger had higher relative weights. A diet analysis revealed significant differences consumption: displayed of conspecific predation invertebrate consumption, particularly classes. These findings highlight how characteristics availability shape dynamics, offering valuable insights management approaches Alberta.

Language: Английский

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Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Combining protection and restoration strategies enables cost-effective compensation with ecological equivalence in Brazil

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 114, P. 107922 - 107922

Published: March 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Strengthening conservation law enforcement: Incorporating harm, remediation and plural nature value criteria into an individual-based assessment of biodiversity offence gravity

Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 126914 - 126914

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Uptake and use of biodiversity offsetting in urban planning – The case of Sweden

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 80, P. 127841 - 127841

Published: Jan. 18, 2023

Globally, biodiversity offsetting is used to balance negative impacts on and ecosystem services caused by exploitation. In Sweden, there an increasing interest in urban planning. However, limited understanding about the use of concept a municipal context. This study aims examine critically reflect uptake at strategic level planning Sweden. We documents, included Sweden's 290 municipalities study. The result shows that more than 50% mention their targeting both regulatory protected areas voluntary green space. highest experiencing high exploitation pressure, many include work with offsetting. Most do not relate mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimize, restore, offset), nor goal no net loss services. There ambiguity translation between losses offsets, i.e. what type (like-for-(un)like), replacement ratios, where place offsets. Few have developed processes, guidelines, plans, etc., integrate into process. conclude substantial, but fragmented, often immature relation ecological knowledge, argue that, develop approach delivers sound outcomes for nature people planning, must capacity terms organisational structures resources.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating offsetting as a component of biodiversity governance

Environmental Policy and Governance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 28, 2024

Abstract Biodiversity offsetting is considered to be an innovative policy instrument balance land use changes with conservation priorities. Although advocates have pushed establish biodiversity offset markets for over 20 years and critics contested the social ecological implications of such innovations, in practice, schemes been difficult set up, replicate, sustain time. Observing underperformance offsetting, we argue that a critical analysis urgently needed. We identify need analyze relation other features governance rather than focus on merits flaws as standalone instrument. Using set‐theoretic model, consider how different institutional arrangements determine if when produces positive environmental outcomes. find adds only three thorny challenges are met—muscular enforcement regulations, rigorous impact management aligned mitigation hierarchy, existence evidence‐based cost‐effective platforms offsetting. Short these conditions, outcomes either uncertain or outright harmful biodiversity. Reflecting more broadly prospects institutionalizing mechanisms protecting biodiversity, conclude recenter attention toward supportive role state facilitating effective innovations.

Language: Английский

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Survival of the Fittest? A Call for Hospitality to Incorporate Ecology Into Business Practice and Education

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 65(1), P. 68 - 87

Published: June 28, 2023

Biodiversity and the science that addresses its conservation, loss, recovery, including conservation biology restoration ecology, are high on contemporary global agenda. While hospitality industry has taken major steps toward net carbon zero even positive business, we argue it another significant advance to make. The United Nations dedicated 2021–2030 as decade of ecosystem restoration, along with it, several other organizations offer guidance how businesses should approach natural environment. Considering role a consumer nature, call for implement these principles in practice through nature-based solutions restorative regenerative hospitality. To strengthen this transformation, urge management education include basic concepts biodiversity, environmental science, their application, curricula. By doing this, can from presenting sustainability actions necessity into illustrating justifying need planetary scale. change will facilitate next step must take transforming relationship

Language: Английский

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Pulling biodiversity offsetting in different directions – Stakeholder frames in the preparation of the Finnish nature conservation act

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 283, P. 110137 - 110137

Published: May 26, 2023

Biodiversity offsetting is a highly debated topic in biodiversity governance. On the one hand, provides promising new conservation tool that can make loss of ecological values visible and increasing funding. other increased role market mechanisms private actors poses risk commodifying nature or failing to meet outcome. Thus, also be considered as an ethically problematic shift conservation. Despite such controversies, increasingly important policy instrument globally. There considerable variation types policies adopted different countries. However, political debates related policymaking have rarely been analyzed. To gain more nuanced understanding on how these controversies influence adoption formulation policies, we analyzed formal introduction Nature Conservation Act Finland. We applied frame analysis statements issued during public hearing process understand stakeholders, administration active citizens perceive offsetting. identified four frames promoting varying implementation system. All indicated was generally welcomed addition Finnish policy. were contradictory regarding goal offsetting, level regulation authorities markets their implementation, which result outcomes. The debate resulted slight emphasis pro-business perspective. A voluntary system adopted.

Language: Английский

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“Rights for Life” scenario to reach biodiversity targets and social equity for indigenous peoples and local communities

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 280, P. 109958 - 109958

Published: March 1, 2023

Scenarios are a powerful way in which the scientific community can inform future policies for transformative change. Forthcoming scenario work holds promise Nature Futures Framework, through concept of relational values, seeks to recognize multiplicity value positions on human-environment relations, including those Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). The objective this Perspective paper is propose novel skeleton titled "Rights Life", achieve ambitious biodiversity targets socially-equitable ways by focusing Nature's IPLCs' rights. We demonstrate, case Arctic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) herding, that Life" seems deliver better social equity outcomes than recently proposed "Half Earth" "Sharing Planet" scenarios have been designed conservation targets. particularly fit sparsely-populated indigenous homelands rural regions where local communities depend culturally important nature-based livelihoods their well-being. recommend targeting relations should not only consider non-western perspectives, but also importance rights ensuring change environment. Clear recognition such function as basis new regulations, market-based governance instruments, policies, participatory instruments violation societal developments recognized, avoided, minimized, or at least compensated for.

Language: Английский

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