Sentence examples for offsetting scheme from inspiring English sources

Any offsetting scheme should take account of reduced public access to the biodiversity being lost with development.

Emma Marrington, from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says there is no clear provision for guaranteeing habitats created under a biodiversity offsetting scheme.

The Government will need to be sure that the poor take-up wasn't a result of weaknesses in the offsetting scheme design".

We agree that it's a way to ensure that the developer has to provide and maintain the biodiversity offsetting scheme linked to their development.

A key carbon offsetting scheme was so open to abuse that three quarters of its allowances lacked environmental integrity, a new report says.

Owen Paterson sparked anger after defending the "biodiversity offsetting" scheme that he plans to introduce under which woodlands could be cut down to make way for new construction if developers agree to plant 100 trees for every one they destroy.

It is certainly true that some carbon offsetting schemes are dubious.

Where emissions cannot be eliminated the company said it will invest in offsetting schemes as a last resort and would not pass this cost on to the passenger.

JI is one of the three carbon offsetting schemes accredited by the Kyoto protocol – along with emissions trading and the clean development mechanism.

Consumer-focused offsetting schemes are also making a difference – although purists rightly point out that trying to rebalance our emissions, rather than cutting them at source, can only ever be a stopgap measure.

Defra said that offsetting schemes had been adopted in more than 20 countries, including Australia, Germany, India and the US, as a means of protecting biodiversity.