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Biodiversity in environmental assessment

Obrazy
Autor
Roel Slootweg [et al.]
Place of publication
Cambridge
Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

List of contributors . . ix
Foreword . . xi
Preface . . xiii
List of abbreviations . . xvi

Part I. Setting the stage
1 Introduction . . 3
2 Interpretation of biodiversity . . 14
3 Biodiversity conservation and development: challenges for impact assessment . . 59

Part II. Assessment tools
4 The impact assessment framework . . 87
5 Environmental assessment . . 125
6 Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessment . . 154
7 Biodiversity-inclusive Strategic Environmental Assessment . . 205

Part III. Emerging issues
8 Reconciling conservation and development: the role of biodiversity offsets . . 255
9 Valuation of ecosystem services: lessons from influential cases . . 287

Epilogue - Topics in need of further elaboration . . 328
Annex: valuation of ecosystem services: influential cases . . 334
Rerences . . 398
Index . . 434

Series
(Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation)