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La Compensation Écologique: Concepts et Limites pour Conserver la Biodiversité [Ecological Compensation: Concepts and Limits for Biodiversity]

By: Baptiste Regnery(Author), Jean-Philippe Siblet(Foreword By)
288 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
La Compensation Écologique: Concepts et Limites pour Conserver la Biodiversité [Ecological Compensation: Concepts and Limits for Biodiversity]
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Language: French

Humans build new infrastructure (roads, buildings, recreational spaces, etc.) at a rate never seen before. While these projects stimulate economic and social development, they are also an important source of degradation and destruction of natural areas. In this period of ecological crisis, there is an urgent need to reconcile development with the conservation of biodiversity. Compensation has become a key issue in public policies to preserve biodiversity.

The impacts of development are increasingly being compensated for by the use of ecological engineering and restoration. But is this the solution? What are the actual impacts of biodiversity management projects and compensatory measures? How do you measure them? What is the scientific understanding of the feasibility and sustainability of countervailing measures? How do you make compensation an effective tool for preserving biodiversity?

The aim of this book is to provide a scientific and critical reflection on ecological compensation. Using ecological sciences, the author analyzes the compensation mechanism and provides insights to measure, evaluate, restore, compare, or monitor biodiversity. In doing so, he shows that compensatory measures face numerous limitations and are a very insufficient means of action in the face of the current rate of artificialisation of soils. He proposes a path towards the objective of "absence of net loss of biodiversity", based on the avoidance of impacts and an ethical and solidary use of natural spaces.

This book reviews the scientific and technical knowledge of a subject at the heart of sustainable development concerns. It is aimed at a wide audience: planners, decision-makers, managers of natural spaces, students of environmental sciences, and citizens interested in environmental issues.

Summary in French:
L’homme construit de nouvelles infrastructures (routes, bâtiments, espaces de loisirs, etc.) à une vitesse jamais vue auparavant. Or, si ces projets sont des vecteurs de développement économique et social, ils sont aussi une source importante de dégradation et de destruction d’espaces naturels. En cette période de crise écologique, il est urgent de chercher à réconcilier le développement avec la conservation de la biodiversité. La compensation est devenue un enjeu clé des politiques publiques de préservation de la biodiversité.

On compense de plus en plus les impacts d’aménagement par l’utilisation de l’ingénierie et de la restauration écologiques. Mais est-ce la solution? Quels sont les impacts réels des projets d’aménagement et des mesures compensatoires sur la biodiversité? Comment les mesurer? Quelles sont les connaissances scientifiques sur la faisabilité et la durabilité des mesures compensatoires? Comment faire de la compensation un outil efficace pour la préservation de la biodiversité?

L’objectif de cet ouvrage est d’apporter une réflexion scientifique et critique sur la compensation écologique. À partir des sciences écologiques, l’auteur analyse le mécanisme de compensation et apporte des éclairages pour mesurer, évaluer, restaurer, comparer, ou encore suivre la biodiversité. Ce faisant, il montre que les mesures compensatoires se heurtent à de nombreuses limites et s’avèrent un moyen d’action très insuffisant face au rythme actuel de l’artificialisation des sols. Il propose une voie vers l’objectif d’«absence de perte nette de biodiversité», fondée sur l’évitement des impacts et une utilisation éthique et solidaire des espaces naturels.

Ce livre fait le point sur les connaissances scientifiques et techniques d’un sujet au cœur des préoccupations de dé­ve­lop­pement durable. Il s’adresse à un large public?: aménageurs, décideurs, gestionnaires d’espaces naturels, étudiants en sciences de l’en­vi­ron­nement, citoyens intéressés par les questions d’environnement.

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By: Baptiste Regnery(Author), Jean-Philippe Siblet(Foreword By)
288 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
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