environmental value definition

environmental value means the pecuniary value ascribed to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and other benefits.
environmental value means a use, an attribute or a function of the environment’ (s.3 of the EP Act 2017).
environmental value means an element of the natural environment that the people and government of British Columbia care about and see as important for assuring the integrity and well-being of the Province’s ecological systems.

Examples of environmental value in a sentence

  • Harvestable or Protected Trees, Plus a Premium for Their Environmental Value.

  • The PA relates to the clearing of High Environmental Value (HEV) native vegetation on the Land, which was identified during preparation of a Planning Proposal to rezoned the Land as Zone R1 General Residential, under the Richmond Valley Local Environmental Plan 2012, so it may be developed, including its subdivision into 46 residential lots.

  • The objective of the PA is to secure the minimum Biodiversity Offset Credits (also referred to as Biodiversity Credits or Credits in the PA) for the removal of High Environmental Value (HEV) native vegetation located on the Land.


More Definitions of environmental value

environmental value means (a) a quality or physical characteristic of the environment that is conducive to ecological health or public amenity or safety; or, (b) another quality of the environment identified and declared to be an environmental value under an environmental protection policy or regulation.
environmental value means a particular value or use of the marine environment that is important for a healthy ecosystem or for public benefit, welfare, safety or health and which requires protection from the effects of pollution, environmental harm, waste discharges and deposits. Two types of environmental value are considered: ecological value and social value;
environmental value means a particular value or use of the marine environment that is important for a healthy ecosystem or for public benefit, welfare, safety or health and which requires protection from the effects of pollution, environmental harm, waste discharges and deposits;

Related to environmental value

  • Environmental Costs any and all costs or expenses (including attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to, any actual or alleged violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws. Environmental Costs include any and all of the foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any kind.

  • Environmental Safeguards means the principles and requirements set forth in Chapter V, Appendix 1, and Appendix 4 (as applicable) of the SPS;

  • Environmental Defect means, with respect to any given Asset, a material violation of Environmental Laws in effect as of the Effective Time in the jurisdiction in which such Asset is located.

  • Environmental Authority means any foreign, federal, state, local or regional government that exercises any form of jurisdiction or authority under any Environmental Requirement.