The Wetlands Compensation System in USA and Its Inspiration

Abstract

Abstract: There are three distinct mechanisms to compensate unavoidable wetland impacts in USA to satisfy the requirements of rules in order to reach the government’s wetlands “no net loss” goal.Permittee-responsible mitigation,mitigation banking and in-lieu fee mitigation are the three mechanisms.Federal regulations in USA establish a flexible preference for using credits from a mitigation bank over the other compensation mechanisms,which are growing fast in the past 30 years.The wetlands compensation system in USA can give our country great reference for wetland protection,which includes the idea of compensation,using market instrument for protection of wetlands and effective government management mechanism.

Key words: wetland, compensation mechanism, wetland mitigation bank, in-lieu fee mitigation

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SHAO Chenxia. The Wetlands Compensation System in USA and Its Inspiration[J]. FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT, 2011, (2): 107-112.

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