biodiversity offset
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A measurable conservation outcome that has been designed to compensate for negative impacts on biodiversity that cannot be avoided or minimised.
Example Sentences
- "Biodiversity offsets, on the other hand, are meant to “cancel out” the damage caused to nature in one location by paying for reparations elsewhere."
- "The goal of biodiversity offsets is to achieve no net loss and preferably a net gain of biodiversity on the ground with respect to species composition, habitat structure, ecosystem function and people’s use and cultural values associated with biodiversity."
Inflected Forms
biodiversity offsets (plural)