Offsets, mining and no net loss 1 AUTHOR’S PERSONAL COPY Title: Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation Authors: L. J. Sonter a , D. J. Barrett ab , B. S. Soares-Filho c a Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia, email l.sonter@uq.edu.au b Water in the Resources Sector, CSIRO Land and Water, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia c Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-900, Brazil Please cite as: Sonter, Barrett, Soares-Filho (2014) Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation, Conservation Biology, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12260. Keywords: additionality, averted loss, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, compensation, conservation offsets, Dinamica EGO, Iron Quadrangle, multiplier, Quadrilátero Ferrífero