Transferable Mitigation of Environmental Impacts of Development: Two Cases of Offsets in Australia

Coggan, Anthea; Buitelaar, Edwin; Bennett, Jeffrey; Whitten, Stuart

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Transferable Mitigation of Environmental Impacts of Development: Two Cases of Offsets in Australia

Date

2013

Authors

Coggan, Anthea

Buitelaar, Edwin

Bennett, Jeffrey

Whitten, Stuart

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Transferable offsets are a means of mitigating the adverse environmental impacts of resource developments. Based on insights from institutional economics, there are three elements that need to be in place for offsets to be effective: (1) property rights o