mitigation
Wetland authorites, the Endangered Species Act and other authorities use three strategies for avoiding damage to Public Trust resources, in order of preference: 1) avoid, 2) minimize, 3) mitigate. The legally stated preference is to avoid injury, or if an action is necessary, to minimize that injury. Where there is adequate justification to cause damage, agencies may seek mitigation.
Mitigation is the replacement of damaged ecosystem services in one location, with replacement services in another location.
This page aims to frame the existing mitigation system and assemble a large number of the existing references.
Relationships
- broader: legal;ecosystem services
- related to: Carbon Sequestration
- related to: Enhanced Geothermal Systems
- related to: Flood Hazard Review, No Rise, and Letters of Map Revision
- related to: Natural Resource Damage Assessment
- related to: conservation lands;commons
- related to: efh
- related to: esa
- related to: nrda
- related to: public benefit rating system
- related to: total maximum daily load
- related to: us army corps of engineers
- related to: wetland
- related to: Adaptive Management
- related to: Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project
Source: mitigation on Salish Sea Wiki