Dr Jeremy Simmonds
Position: Research Fellow
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My major research focus is on policy and practice relating to environmental impact assessments. I am particularly interested in biodiversity offsetting, and how this tool can be harnessed to deliver better outcomes for people and biodiversity

Better approaches for managing development are urgently required – something I observed first-hand as a consultant working on some of the world’s largest mining projects – and my research aims to equip governments and industry with the tools needed to grow economies without compromising the biodiversity that is fundamental to our prosperity and wellbeing.

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Information about 'target-based ecological compensation'. I am also very interested in how development is regulated under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and have a range of research questions that I'm interested to progress in this space.
Dr Jeremy Simmonds
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Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation (IMEC)

Guiding best-practice application of the mitigation hierarchy, and improving alignment of impact mitigation and ecological compensation practice with biodiversity targets.

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Impact mitigation, including avoidance and ecological compensation, is key for balancing development with environmental outcomes that benefit nature and people.

Here, you will find the latest research, guidance, and tools relating to application of the mitigation hierarchy and ecological compensation, and a community of practice that is actively engaged in applying and improving the mainstreaming of biodiversity into development plans, programs and projects.

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