Wetlands Trading Is a Loser's Game, Say Ecologists

Roberts, Leslie

doi:10.1126/science.260.5116.1890

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“…Programs intended to mitigate the environmental impacts associated with filling wetlands through creation of new habitat in more convenient locations provide an excellent illustration of the failure of such mitigation efforts as an environmental management strategy (Roberts 1993). A compensatory mitigation approach to: landscape management will always be subject to pressure to replace high-quality habitat with lower-quality analogs that may or may not function in an ecologically equivalent manner.…”

Section: Ecosystem Managementmentioning

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Input- and output-oriented approaches to implementing ecosystem management

Montgomery

1995

Environmental Management

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/ Input-and output-oriented approaches to landscape management have distinct roles for resource protection, environmental restoration, and sustainable land management. Implementing recent proposals for ecosystem management in the western United States involves a synthesis of input and output management. Within the broader context of ecosystem management, input management focuses on tailoring land use to the landscape, whereas output management employs assessments of resource condition to trigger modified management activity once resources are degraded to specified threshold conditions. Current approaches to landscape-scale management, however, tend to rely primarily on output-oriented strategies that are most effective for monitoring environmental conditions. Current uses of input management focus on environmental impact assessments, which generally are site-or project-specific analyses. The complexity and dynamic nature of ecosystems, and the range of scales over which ecological processes operate, imply that development and incorporation of input-oriented approaches into landscape-scale management is necessary to implement ecosystem management as a strategy for sustainable land use,

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Section: Ecosystem Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Input- and output-oriented approaches to implementing ecosystem management

Montgomery

1995

Environmental Management

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“…Elders Point East and Elders Point West will establish baselines for future restoration/mitigation efforts in Jamaica Bay and elsewhere. Roberts (1993) reported that the sober reality regarding marsh losses is likely to be that mitigation projects have a high degree of failure. Reporting results of tidal salt marsh restoration projects in Jamaica Bay may be pivotal for establishing baselines and achieving success for future efforts.…”

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Tidal Wetlands Restoration

Messaros¹,

Woolley²,

Morgan³

et al. 2012

The Functioning of Ecosystems

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“…The practice of wetland compensation has not been perfect, but abandoning compensation is an unrealistic and potentially detrimental option (Roberts, 1993;Gardner, 2000).…”

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An Analysis of Wetland Policy in Atlantic Canada

Austen¹,

Hanson²

2007

Canadian Water Resources Journal

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Atlantic Canada has experienced considerable wetland loss over the past 300 years. Federal and provincial governments have responded with wetland conservation policies, regulations and other legislative tools. This paper reviews current wetland conservation policies in Atlantic Canada and explores the feasibility of a coordinated federal-provincial approach to wetland compensation in the region. The analysis indicates that although policies differ somewhat in goals and application, there is strong consensus support for the mitigation hierarchy of avoidance, minimization and compensation. It is concluded that there is also a solid policy basis for a coordinated approach to decisions regarding compensation mechanisms, ratios and monitoring in Atlantic Canada.Résumé : La région du Canada Atlantique a subi une perte considérable de milieux humides au cours des 300 dernières années. Les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux ont réagi à cette situation par l'introduction de politiques, règlements et autres outils législatifs ayant pour objectif la conservation des milieux humides subsistants. Ces politiques ont été examinées afin de déterminer la faisabilité d'une approche concertée de conservation, réhabilitation et compensation des milieux humides dans la région. Notre analyse démontre que bien que les politiques varient quant à leurs objectifs et leur mise en oeuvre, un fort consensus existe en faveur d'une approche privilégiant d'abord d'éviter autant que possible les pertes de milieux humides, de minimiser ces pertes et, en troisième lieu, de les compenser. Nous concluons qu'il existe une solide base sur laquelle construire une approche décisionnelle concertée en matière de mécanismes, de ratios et de supervision de la compensation des milieux humides dans le Canada Atlantique.

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Wetlands Trading Is a Loser's Game, Say Ecologists

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Input- and output-oriented approaches to implementing ecosystem management

Input- and output-oriented approaches to implementing ecosystem management

Tidal Wetlands Restoration

An Analysis of Wetland Policy in Atlantic Canada

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