ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT140100516

Funded Activity Summary

Improving the potential of biodiversity offsetting to reconcile development and conservation: will good environmental outcomes counterbalance the bad? Attempts to reduce conflict between development and conservation are increasingly reliant upon environmental offsetting: generating an environmental benefit to compensate for environmental damage elsewhere. However, whether different offset approaches can achieve their goal of ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity is unknown. By building simulations of the long-term biodiversity consequences (both intended and unintended) of current offset approaches, This project aims to test how each approach and associated sources of uncertainty influence the long-term persistence of biodiversity. It will identify limitations of biodiversity offsetting, shed new light on the most effective approaches, and help develop global standards for offsetting biodiversity loss.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-01-2015

End Date: 31-07-2023

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $703,487.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environment Policy | Wildlife and Habitat Management | Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection | Environment Policy | Environmental Science and Management | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Wildlife and Habitat Management

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