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Earth’s Shortage of Offsetting Land a Threat to Biodiversity

  • May 17, 2020

While many countries require the offsetting of lands to compensate for biodiversity losses stemming from land development, the intended conservation goals are stymied by a number of challenges, including finding enough land to offset the impacts of future development. As offsetting policies become stricter, even more land is required, and officials fear the lack of available land may result in relaxed offsetting requirements and lead to increased biodiversity losses and the extinction of...