State of Biodiversity Markets: Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide

This report highlights the spectrum of biodiversity markets aimed at reducing development impacts to biodiversity, a practice referred to as compensatory mitigation. Some countries are in the early stages of implementation or identification of this practice, while others have mature systems. This report describes the background, scope and methods of compensatory mitigation and examples of compensation programs in North America, Central & South America, Europe, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, and the developing programs in Africa.