In New South Wales, Australia, the baseline scenario is defined by the minimum legislative standard for land management required of landowners under different pieces of state legislation. Biodiversity offsets may only include conservation actions that go beyond the legislated minimum requirement5 (DECCW, 2009). In the Swedish offsets programme, conservation measures required by law or otherwise listed in public management plans for protected areas are normally not counted as additional for biodiversity offsets (ICF GHK and BIO Intelligence Service, 2013). Under German Impact Mitigation Regulations, Environmental Compensation for Land-Use Change in Forested Areas Program in Mexico and Biobanking in New South Wales, publicly funded restoration projects are unable to subsequently become offsets (ICF GHK and BIO Intelligence Service, 2013).