Persson, Jesper
- Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
The main scientific bibliography addressing the rationale behind ecological compensation is reviewed in order to examine general guidelines. This contains interesting general guidance on how to implement compensation, and provides the basis for future developments in compensation practice. On this basis, we propose a further step in compensation practice, advancing compensation proposals or rules for specific kinds of projects and contexts, focusing on road projects in the Spanish Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Three main residual impacts of roads are identified which usually remain uncompensated for: the loss of natural and semi-natural land use, the increase in emissions resulting from any new road, and the fragmentation, severance or barrier effect on the landscape and its wildlife. To counteract these, four proposals, or "rules", are advanced: conservation of natural and semi-natural land use area, conservation of dominant plant species physiognomy, compensation for emissions, and the rule of positive defragmentation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Nyckelord
Environmental Impact Assessment; Offsets; Sustainability; No net loss; Net ecological gain
Publicerad i
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2014, volym: 45, sidor: 54-62
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG9 Hållbar industri, innovationer och infrastruktur
UKÄ forskningsämne
Ekologi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2013.12.003
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/53234