Is Biodiversity Offsetting Working as it Should?

 Plus, what are the ethical objections to such practice?

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13603

Commodification of Nature is a path requiring delicate navigation, and care must be taken to ensure an ethical, successful outcome.

Offsetting exploitation impacts seemingly is a great idea; however, certain problems need to be addressed.  The article at the link above, found in the journal, Conservation Biology, is a good start.  In particular, see the Abstract and Table 3.

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Covid-19, Global Economy, Ecosystems, and Circular Economy Strategies

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344920304869

Title:  "A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies".

From the journal, Resources, Conservation, & Recycling.

At least read the conclusion.  The whole piece is a good analysis of a crucial situation.

Again, I don't believe that the Circular Economy approach is the full answer to the socio-eco-econ Crisis we're in, but it is popular.  Perhaps it's a good First Step toward a version of Ecological Economics which will truly address the problems of unlimited growth and overconsumption.

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"An urgent call for circular economy advocates to acknowledge its limitations in conserving biodiversity"

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720321185?via%3Dihub

All I have access to is the Abstract... found at the link above.

Below is a graphic from the Abstract---

As mentioned in previous posts, the Circular Economy (CE) concept is fairly popular in various parts of the world.  It's a mistake, however, to think that it's the best ecological approach to solving our multi-faceted Eco-Crisis.  It's not even close to that.  In fact, it's only slightly "greener" than the "circular" concept claimed by neoclassical/neoliberal economics years ago... which wasn't circular at all.

As cited in other article links previously posted on this blog, CE has numerous problems in the ecological arena.  Biodiversity impact is one of them.

In my view, only non-ecologists would believe that Tech innovations and "substitutions" eventually will "decouple" an economy from reliance on natural resources found in highly complex (and irreplaceable) ecosystems.  I imagine it can be done to some limited degree, but not without disastrous impacts on the Mother of all Ecosystems (so to speak), Spaceship Earth.  Such an attempt on a global scale would be folly.

The CE concept is in need of some adjustments, and in need of collaboration with Bioeconomists, Ecologists, and others in similar fields.  A greener version of Neoclassical Economics is not going to save organized human existence on this finite planet.

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