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No net loss of biodiversity or paper offsets? A critical review of the French no net loss policy
Provedor de dados: Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)
Autores: Quetier, Fabien; Regnery, Baptiste; Levrel, Harold.
French regulations concerning the mitigation of development impacts have been progressively strengthened with offsets now required for impacts on forests, wetlands, and protected species, among others. In 2012, following a national consultative process called Grenelle de l’Environnement, legal requirements in terms of monitoring and effective implementation of measures aimed at avoiding, reducing and offsetting impacts were strengthened. This has created strong “demand” for offsets.  The workability of these new requirements has come under scrutiny, not least because of their strong legal and financial implications for developers. In this context, official government guidance on implementing the mitigation hierarchy was published in 2012. Under this...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: No net loss; Biodiversity offsets; Ecological compensation; EU Habitats Directive; European biodiversity strategy; Environmental impact assessment; Ecological equivalencies; France.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00168/27924/27267.pdf

Aquaculture and marine protected areas: Potential opportunities and synergies
Provedor de dados: Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)
Autores: Le Gouvello, Raphaela; Hochart, Laure-elise; Laffoley, Dan; Simard, Francois; Andrade, Carlos; Angel, Dror; Callier, Myriam; De Monbrison, David; Fezzardi, Davide; Haroun, Ricardo; Harris, Alasdair; Hughes, Adam; Massa, Fabio; Roque D'Orbcastel, Emmanuelle; Soto, Doris; Stead, Selina; Marino, Giovanna.
To meet the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi Target 11 on marine biodiversity protection and Aichi Target 6 on sustainable fisheries by 2020, as well as the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on food security and SDG 14 on oceans by 2030, there is an urgent need to rethink how best to reconcile nature conservation and sustainable development. This paper argues for effective governance to support processes that apply principles of sustainable development and an ecosystem approach to decide about economic activities at sea such as aquaculture. It describes opportunities, benefits and synergies between aquaculture and MPAs as a basis for wider debate. The scope is not a comprehensive analysis of aquaculture and MPAs, but rather to present examples...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Ecosystem approach; Environmental impact assessment; Littoral; Marine protected area; Ocean; Sublittoral.
Ano: 2017
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00398/50969/51848.pdf

System-Based Assessments—Improving the Confidence in the EIA Process
Provedor de dados: Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)
Autores: Wilson, Jeff; Hinz, Shawn; Coston-guarini, Jennifer; Maze, Camille; Guarini, Jean-marc; Chauvaud, Laurent.
his viewpoint article examines Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practices in developed and transitioning nations, identifies weaknesses, and proposes a new quantitative approach. The literature indicates that there exists little to no standardization in EIA practice, transitioning nations rely on weak scientific impact analyses, and the establishment of baseline conditions is generally missing. The more fundamental issue is that the “receptor”-based approach leads to a qualitative and subjective EIA, as it does not adequately integrate the full measure of the complexity of ecosystems, ongoing project risks, and cumulative impacts. We propose the application of a new framework that aims to ensure full life cycle assessment of impacts applicable to any...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact assessment; Ecosystem modeling; Hydrodynamic modeling; Baseline survey; Ecosystem-based environmental assessment; Environmental sensing technology.
Ano: 2017
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00416/52781/53661.pdf

Agriculture And Savannah Biodiversity Loss
Provedor de dados: Ocean Docs: e-repository of  publications
Autores: Bourquin, O.; Hughes, G. R.; Sandwith, T.
This paper investigates the question of what influence human beings have had on biodiversity in the region of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. A historical analysis has been made of human impact on local ecosystems and species accompanied by statistics on the reduction of habitats and systems caused by urbanisation, cultivation, silviculture and state dams. The major causes of biodiversity loss are identified as being habitat destruction or modification and extractive utilisation. The most important problem is that the government of South Africa does not have an effective environmental management system to ensure wise decision-making. The result has been sectoral ministries empowered with the dual role of both exploiting and preserving natural resources. In...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Ecological balance; Environmental impact assessment; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34928; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33483.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/447

Efficiency in inventories of ants in a forest reservein Central Amazonia
Provedor de dados: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
Autores: Souza,Jorge Luiz Pereira de; Moura,Carlos Alberto Ribeiro de; Franklin,Elizabeth.
The objective of this work was to evaluate an inventory method efficiency for ants. We used subsamples collected in 24 transects of 100 m, distributed in 6 plots of 600 ha each in primary forest, as part of a long-term project. Ten litter subsamples were extracted per transect using Winkler extractors. Ants were identified to genus level, and Crematogaster, Gnamptogenys and Pachycondyla genera to species/morphospecies level. To evaluate the consequences of reduced sampling on the retention of ecological information, we estimated the lowest number of subsamples needed to detect the effects of environmental variables. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) was used to generate dissimilarity matrices, and Mantel correlations between each reduced-sampling effort and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Formicidae; Environmental impact assessment; Soil biodiversity; Winkler extractors; Tropical forest; Sampling protocols.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2009000800021

Social Impact Assessment of the Proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification Project
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
This project report was completed by 14 graduate and undergraduate students in a social impact assessment course (AREC 450-550) during the Winter Term, January to April, 2009. The overall goal of this project was to learn specific concepts and methods for social impact assessment by undertaking such an assessment for the proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification project (Southeast of Edmonton, Alberta). The social impact assessment is composed of four major components: (1) scoping of relevant social indicators, (2) social impacts within municipalities, (3) social impacts within the farming region, and (4) a comparative case study of social impacts. Together, the four project reports provide insights into the potential social impacts from the proposed coal...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact assessment; Social indicators; Comparative case study; Social research methods; Energy policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; R52; R11; Q34.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91421

A collaborative research initiative for the environmental management of ostrich production
Provedor de dados: Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
Autores: Rodrigues,GS; Buschinelli,CC de A; Rodrigues,IA; Medeiros,CB.
A collaborative research initiative was proposed by the Federation of Cooperatives of Ostrich Producers of Southeastern Brazil (FECOAVESTRUZ-Sudeste) and Embrapa Environment to training technicians and to develop environmental management procedures in order to establish criteria for the definition of 'Terms of Reference' for sustainable ostrich production for FECOAVESTRUZ associates. Eight farms with different scales of operation were selected by FECOAVESTRUZ-Sudeste for the application of 'integrated environmental indicator systems', designed to develop Environmental Management Reports and to propose best management practices in the farms. The results showed that, in general, indicators relative to Use of inputs and resources, Use of veterinary inputs and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: APOIA-NovoRural; Eco-cert.Rural; Environmental impact assessment; Ostrich; Scientific cooperation; Sustainability indicators.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2007000400003

A methodological proposal for quantifying environmental compensation through the spatial analysis of vulnerability indicators
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Autores: Torresan,Fabio Enrique; Lorandi,Reinaldo.
The aim of this work was to propose a methodology for quantifying the environmental compensation through the spatial analysis of vulnerability indicators. A case study was applied for the analysis of sand extraction enterprises, in the region of Descalvado and Analândia, inland of São Paulo State, Brazil. Environmental vulnerability scores were attributed for the indicators related to erosion, hydrological resources and biodiversity loss. This methodological proposal allowed analyzing the local alternatives of certain enterprise with the objective of reducing impacts and at the same time reducing the costs of environmental compensation. The application of the methodology significantly reduced the subjectivity degree usually associated to the most of the...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Environmental compensation; Environmental impact assessment; GIS; Landscape ecology; Sand mining.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000300026