Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes.

biodiversity climate nature positive net gain renewable energy tradeoffs

Journal

Trends in ecology & evolution
ISSN: 1872-8383
Titre abrégé: Trends Ecol Evol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8805125

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 10 01 2024
revised: 06 05 2024
accepted: 07 05 2024
medline: 21 6 2024
pubmed: 21 6 2024
entrez: 20 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Renewable energy projects, such as wind farms and hydropower dams, can indirectly benefit biodiversity by mitigating climate change. However, we explain why such indirect benefits should not contribute towards the accounting of project-level net biodiversity outcomes and provide guidance on the steps needed to legitimately claim no-net-loss of biodiversity.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38902166
pii: S0169-5347(24)00115-0
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.004
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

Auteurs

Laura J Sonter (LJ)

The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge CB2 1SJ, UK; School of the Environment and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia. Electronic address: laura.sonter@thebiodiversityconsultancy.com.

Martine Maron (M)

School of the Environment and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia.

Anna Metaxas (A)

Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Joseph W Bull (JW)

Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.

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