Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by U.S. Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes
Abstract Compensation policies seek to counterbalance biodiversity losses caused by development; however, their effectiveness is rarely tested. We examined U.S. Species Conservation Banks (SCBs) in California, a compensation program initiated 30 years ago. We quantified the effect of 59 SCBs (15,350...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Conservation Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12629 |