The consultant ecologist's role in the New South Wales (Australia) approach to biodiversity offsets: “BioBanking”

Wotherspoon, Danny; Burgin, Shelley

doi:10.1080/13549830802522533

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“…In previous papers the use of biodiversity offsets to mitigate impacts from urban development on the terrestrial environment, as defined under the 2006 BioBanking legislation was investigated from the view of an environmental scientist (Burgin 2008), and from the viewpoint of an ecological consultant (Wotherspoon and Burgin 2009a). However, we did not consider mitigation of wetland impacts.…”

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“…In numerous countries (e.g., Brazil, Europe, Canada, ten Kate et al 2004;Australia, Burgin 2008;Wotherspoon and Burgin 2009a) they are now incorporated into the legal framework (ten Kate et al 2004). Demonstration projects have also been widely implemented (e.g., Business and Biodiversity Offset Program pilots/case studies in Washington, Ghana, Mexico, Qatar, South Africa and Uganda, Washington Biodiversity Project 2006;Australia, DEC 2006).…”

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‘Mitigation banks’ for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitigated disaster?

Burgin

2009

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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First developed in the USA in the early 1970s, 'wetland mitigation banks' provide a framework for conservation activities that are designed to offset residual, unavoidable damage to the natural environment caused by development activities. The concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. In this paper I consider the level of success of wetland mitigation banks in the USA for biodiversity conservation with a view to informing 'best practice' in Australia. I conclude that although the concept has merit, even in the USA where the processes have been evolving for over 30 years, the outcomes frequently fall short of the target of a 'like for like' swap of habitat. While the outcome for wetland mitigation may not be an 'unmitigated disaster' it is, at best, apparently only modestly successful.

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‘Mitigation banks’ for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitigated disaster?

Burgin

2009

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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“…The observation of Wotherspoon and Burgin (2009) that bats use even small, degraded remnants set aside for residential development, indicates that if an appropriate fragment of habitat is available, bats are likely to visit the area. In our study, the diversity was initially low and the increase in bats was the greatest of any taxon (Table 2).…”

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“…Currently, less than 6% natural vegetation remains (Tozer 2003;Burgin 2008a, b). Most remnants are small and may constitute a single habitat tree, dispersed throughout the landscape (Wotherspoon and Burgin 2009) and degraded due to exotic weed invasion, soil erosion, poor water quality in freshwater streams and loss of structural habitat for fauna.…”

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“…For example, the on-going erosion of the woodlands of the Cumberland Plain in western Sydney has resulted in approximately 95% loss of the original extent of these native ecosystems: this community is now classified as an endangered ecological community under the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (DECC 2005). Even with this classification, the remaining woodland remnants continue to be lost largely due to the pressures of urban expansion in Western Sydney (Burgin 2008a, b;Wotherspoon and Burgin 2009). The fragmented remnants on golf courses provide islands of (often) degraded remnants that, by default, will become increasingly important for the maintenance of the area's biodiversity.…”

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The potential for golf courses to support restoration of biodiversity for BioBanking offsets

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Wotherspoon

2008

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In golf course development there is frequently remnant vegetation on the areas unused for infrastructure. We propose that these areas, together with a whole range of other reserves including sporting fields, cemeteries, railway reserves and educational facilities may be the source of degraded remnant vegetation and associated open space that could be used to provide offsets for biodiversity. We followed the changes in vertebrate biodiversity with low key alteration to management of the Camden Lakeside Golf Course to assess if such areas had the potential for biodiversity banking offsets. Birds, bats, frogs and reptiles increased in species diversity over time. Frogs and reptiles tended to peak in species numbers during the observational period but bat and bird diversity continued to increase. We concluded that on this 'island' within a matrix of urbanisation and cleared agricultural lands without remnant vegetation, observed changes in diversity made such areas potential sites for biodiversity banking offsets.

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Market-based mechanisms for biodiversity conservation: a review of existing schemes and an outline for a global mechanism

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The consultant ecologist's role in the New South Wales (Australia) approach to biodiversity offsets: “BioBanking”

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

‘Mitigation banks’ for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitigated disaster?

‘Mitigation banks’ for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitigated disaster?

The potential for golf courses to support restoration of biodiversity for BioBanking offsets

Market-based mechanisms for biodiversity conservation: a review of existing schemes and an outline for a global mechanism

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