Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals

  • Laura J. Sonter,
  • Jeremy S. Simmonds,
  • James E. M. Watson,
  • Julia P. G. Jones,
  • Joseph M. Kiesecker,
  • Hugo M. Costa,
  • Leon Bennun,
  • Stephen Edwards,
  • Hedley S. Grantham,
  • Victoria F. Griffiths,
  • Kendall Jones,
  • Kei Sochi,
  • Philippe Puydarrieux,
  • Fabien Quétier,
  • Helga Rainer,
  • Hugo Rainey,
  • Dilys Roe,
  • Musnanda Satar,
  • Britaldo S. Soares-Filho,
  • Malcolm Starkey,
  • Kerry ten Kate,
  • Ray Victurine,
  • Amrei von Hase,
  • Jessie A. Wells,
  • Martine Maron

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Countries are adopting ecological compensation policies aimed at achieving no net loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Here, Sonter and colleagues apply spatial simulation models to case studies in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, and Mozambique to show that compensation alone is not sufficient to preserve biodiversity.