Compensation register

The Offset Register for voluntary ecological offsetting serves for submitting applications in the local government e-service and as a register for generated and used offsets.

• Local government e-service

The application forms available in the service are:

Application concerning an offset plan for the generation of nature values for ecological offsetting

The service is intended for landowners that generate nature values for ecological offsetting as referred to in chapter 11 of the Nature Conservation Act. The form can be used to apply for a statement of the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment referred to section 103 of the Nature Conservation Act concerning the offset plan for the generation of nature values.

Request for a statement concerning the quality and quantity of natural values to be generated

The service is intended for landowners that generate natural values for ecological offsetting as referred to in chapter 11 of the Nature Conservation Act. The form can be used to request a statement of the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment referred to section 103 of the Nature Conservation Act concerning the quality and quantity of the nature values of measures implemented on the basis of an offset plan approved earlier. 

Application concerning the equivalence of an offset

An operator that destroys or deteriorates nature values in its activity may offset the deterioration of a habitat type or the habitat of a species with nature values generated elsewhere. The form can be used to apply for a decision of the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment on the equivalence of deterioration referred to in section 104 of the Nature Conservation Act. 

Register of ecological offsets that have been generated and used

The public information service provides the following information:

• case number
• nature values
• hectares of nature value (LHA)
• municipality of location
• forest vegetation zone and river basin
• a point indicating the indicative position on the map.