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  2. Mitigation banking - Wikipedia

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    Mitigation banking is a market-based system of debits and credits (used primarily in the United States as part of its "no net loss" policy) that involves restoration, creation, or enhancement of wetlands to compensate for unavoidable impacts to a wetland in another location. [1]

  3. Biodiversity offsetting - Wikipedia

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    The forestry vegetation restoration fee (FVRF) (simplified Chinese: 森林植被恢复费) was the earliest ecological compensation mechanism developed in China [28] and widely regarded as China's principal "no net loss" (NNL) instrument because it incorporates a legal commitment to no net loss of forest cover. [28]

  4. Conservator-restorer - Wikipedia

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    Paintings restoration A conservator-restorer is a professional responsible for the preservation of artistic and cultural artifacts , also known as cultural heritage . [ 1 ] Conservators possess the expertise to preserve cultural heritage in a way that retains the integrity of the object, building or site, including its historical significance ...

  5. Conservation and restoration of cultural property - Wikipedia

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    The conservation and restoration of cultural property focuses on protection and care of cultural property (tangible cultural heritage), including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections. [1] Conservation activities include preventive conservation, examination, documentation, research, treatment, and education. [2]

  6. Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property

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    Restoration like preservation, it works to maintain as much of the original material as possible. However, the focus of restoration is to present the property at a specific point in history. As result repairs and recreations of certain elements or fixtures are completed and anything which postdates the intended period is documented and removed.

  7. Payment for ecosystem services - Wikipedia

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    The basic conceptualization of nature from the perspective of environmental economics is that manufactured capital can be used as a substitute for natural capital. [15] The definition of PES provided by environmental economics is the most popular: a voluntary transaction between a service buyer and service seller that takes place on the condition that either a specific ecosystem service is ...

  8. Conservation and restoration of movable cultural property

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    Antiques restoration, National Museum, Warsaw Antique painting and frame restoration: before and after photo. Restoration can be as simple as light cleaning to remove disfiguring dirt or grime, such as on the surface of a painting, or it may include near complete rebuilding or replacement, as might be the case with old automobiles or furniture.

  9. Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    International attention to the Statue of Liberty's poor state was called upon the restoration of similarly-built Aimé Millet's Vercingétorix statue in eastern France. [1] Much of the Statue of Liberty restoration effort was based on unprecedented restorative methods, as metallurgical repair work on such a large scale had never been attempted.