Net Gain: Seeking better outcomes for local people when mitigating biodiversity loss from development

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  • Julia P.G. Jones
  • Joseph W. Bull
    University of Kent
  • Dilys Roe
    International Institute for Environment and Development
  • Julia Baker
    Balfour Beatty
  • Victoria F. Griffiths
    University of Oxford
  • Malcolm Starkey
    The Biodiversity Consultancy
  • Laura J. Sonter
    University of Queensland
  • EJ Milner-Gulland
    University of Oxford

Economic development projects are increasingly applying the mitigation hierarchy to achieve No Net Loss, or even a Net Gain, of biodiversity. Because people value biodiversity and ecosystem services, this can affect the wellbeing of local people, however these types of social impacts from development receive limited consideration. We present ethical, practical and regulatory reasons why development projects applying the mitigation hierarchy should consider related social impacts. We highlight risks to local wellbeing where projects restrict access to biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity offsets. We then present a framework laying out challenges and associated opportunities for delivering better biodiversity and local wellbeing outcomes. Greater coordination between social and biodiversity experts, and early and effective integration of local people in the process, will ensure that efforts to reduce the negative impacts of development on biodiversity can contribute to, rather than detract from, local people’s wellbeing.
Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)195-201
CyfnodolynOne Earth
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Rhif y cyfnodolyn2
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar25 Hyd 2019
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 25 Hyd 2019

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