(ici pour la version française)
As seen in the two first comics, one of the biggest challenge of the last decades have been to balance conservation and development. It is why some «offsetting» systems have been used to compensate destruction of natural habitat. Does it work? What will say COP15 about it?
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![A comic about Contrecoeur Port Terminal Expansion in Montreal and the Copper Redhorse's habitat destruction.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p001b-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p002a-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about no net loss of fish habitat and wetlands with Alain Branchaud of Canadien Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p002b-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p003a-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada. About biodiversity markets in California and USA.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p003b-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p004a-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p004b-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p005a-1024x1024.jpg)
![A comic about offsetting, net gain of habitat, and COP15.](https://www.martinpm.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/COP15_-_Capsule3ENG_p005b-1024x1024.jpg)
References
- COSEPAC, 2014. Chevalier cuivré (Moxostoma hubbsi) : évaluation et rapport de situation;
- MFFP, 2021. Les espèces fauniques menacées et vulnérables: le Chevalier cuivré;
- MPO, 2012. Plan de rétablissement du Chevalier cuivré (Moxostoma hubbsi) au Canada;
- Maron, M. et al, 2016. Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting. BioScience 66: 489–498.
- Moreno-Mateos, D. et al. 2015. The true loss caused by biodiversity offsets. Biological Conservation.
- Champagne, P.-É., 2022. Compensation pour la destruction des milieux humides: près de 100 millions de dollars dorment à Québec. La Presse, 7 octobre 2022.
- MELCCFP, 2022. Programme de restauration et de création de milieux humides et hydriques.
- Tessier N., Veilleux L. et Roy, E. 2015. Validation des outils et modifications des aménagements de la rainette faux-grillon, printemps-été 2014. MFFP, Dir. de la gestion de la faune de l’Estrie, de Montréal, de la Montérégie et de Laval, Secteur de la faune. 38 pages + annexes.
- Quigley JT, Harper DJ. 2006. Effectiveness of Fish Habitat Compensation in Canada in Achieving No Net Loss. Environmental Management Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 351–366.