Environmental offsets /editors: Shelley Burgin and Tor Hundloe.

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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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