ABSTRACT

Offsetting and, more broadly speaking, the mitigation hierarchy have been widely studied in terms of decreasing the impacts of economic activities on biodiversity. There has been considerable tendency to anchor these mechanisms in science, promoting the idea that they are scientifically constructed. Building on Quebec’s recent regulatory changes concerning the introduction of offsetting and the mitigation hierarchy for wetlands and streams, we argue that their implementation relies strongly on political and social constructs. Using institutional bricolage, we highlight the implication of power relations, dominant views and path dependency in this new institutional setting. Indeed, the No Net Loss principle seems to raise historical tensions in water management policies, especially those between strong centralized governance and fragmented territorial management. But No Net Loss application also confronts powerful traditional land use planning with a long history of promoting development interests. To overcome these tensions, No Net Loss can be viewed as an opportunity for innovation towards more sustainable land use planning that acknowledges collective values. To investigate the potential for a novel social fit for wetland offsetting, we call upon Actor-Network Theory to rethink land use planning for a collective vision of the territory.

摘要

从减少经济活动对生物多样性的影响的角度出发，人们广泛地研究了抵消以及更广泛的说，缓解等级。将这些机制锚定在科学中的趋势相当大，从而提倡它们是科学构造的。基于魁北克最近有关引入补偿和缓解湿地和溪流的等级制度的法规变化，我们认为其实施在很大程度上取决于政治和社会结构。我们使用制度的手段，强调了这种新制度环境下权力关系，主导观点和路径依赖的含义。确实，“无净损失”原则似乎在水管理政策方面引起了历史紧张，尤其是在强大的集中式治理与分散的领土管理之间的治理。但是，“无净损失”申请还面临着悠久的促进发展利益的悠久的传统土地利用规划。为了克服这些压力，没有净损失可以被视为创新的机会，可以朝着承认集体价值的更可持续的土地利用计划发展。为了研究新型的适应湿地补偿的社会潜力，我们呼吁行动者网络理论重新思考土地利用规划，以实现对该地区的集体愿景。没有任何净损失可被视为创新的机会，以朝着承认集体价值的更可持续的土地利用计划发展。为了研究新型的适应湿地补偿的社会潜力，我们呼吁行动者网络理论重新思考土地利用规划，以实现对该地区的集体愿景。没有任何净损失可被视为创新的机会，以朝着承认集体价值的更可持续的土地利用计划发展。为了研究新型的适应湿地补偿的社会潜力，我们呼吁行动者网络理论重新思考土地利用规划，以实现对该地区的集体愿景。