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Offsetting
  • Biodiversity Offsetting refers to conservation actions that aim to deliver biodiversity benefits to compensate for loss, such as unavoidable damages to natural capital from development.
  • Environmental Offsetting is any intervention intended to counterbalance adverse environmental impacts like discharges or emissions to compensate for significant (actual or anticipated) changes that are a direct result of resource exploitation. A typical example is land-use exchange, where one location is sacrificed for development and substituted by another with certain protections.

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