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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] mitigatus, past participle of mitigare to soften, from mitis soft + -igare (akin to [[Latin]] agere to drive); akin to Old Irish moíth soft  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] mitigatus, past participle of mitigare to soften, from mitis soft + -igare (akin to [[Latin]] agere to drive); akin to Old Irish moíth soft  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: to [[cause]] to become less harsh or hostile : mollify

*1: to [[cause]] to become less harsh or hostile : mollify

Environmental '''mitigation''', compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States  [[government]] and the related environmental [[industry]] to describe projects or ''programs'' intended to offset known impacts to an existing [[natural]] [[resource]]  such as a stream, wetland, or endangered [[species]]. To "mitigate" means to make less harsh or hostile. Environmental mitigation is typically a part of an environmental crediting [[system]] [[established]] by governing bodies which involves allocating debits and credits. Debits occur in situations where a [[natural]] [[resource]] has been destroyed or severely impaired and credits are given in situations where a natural resource has been deemed to be improved or preserved. Therefore, when an [[entity]] such as a [[business]] or individual has a "debit" they are required to purchase a "credit". In some cases credits are bought from "mitigation banks" which are large mitigation projects [[established]] to provide credit to multiple parties in advance of [[development]] when such [[compensation]] cannot be achieved at the development site or is not seen as beneficial to the [[environment]]. Crediting systems can allow credit to be generated in [[different]] ways. For example in the United States, projects are valued based on what the [[intentions]] of the project are which may be to restore, create, enhance, or preserve a [[natural]] [[resource]].

Environmental '''mitigation''', compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States  [[government]] and the related environmental [[industry]] to describe projects or ''programs'' intended to offset known impacts to an existing [[natural]] [[resource]]  such as a stream, wetland, or endangered [[species]]. To "mitigate" means to make less harsh or hostile. Environmental mitigation is typically a part of an environmental crediting [[system]] [[established]] by governing bodies which involves allocating debits and credits. Debits occur in situations where a [[natural]] [[resource]] has been destroyed or severely impaired and credits are given in situations where a natural resource has been deemed to be improved or preserved. Therefore, when an [[entity]] such as a [[business]] or individual has a "debit" they are required to purchase a "credit". In some cases credits are bought from "mitigation banks" which are large mitigation projects [[established]] to provide credit to multiple parties in advance of [[development]] when such [[compensation]] cannot be achieved at the development site or is not seen as beneficial to the [[environment]]. Crediting systems can allow credit to be generated in [[different]] ways. For example in the United States, projects are valued based on what the [[intentions]] of the project are which may be to restore, create, enhance, or preserve a [[natural]] [[resource]].

==See also==

==See also==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitigate Other forms of Mitigation]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitigate Other forms of Mitigation]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]