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New! BBOP Meeting with with Representatives of Indigenous and Local Communities and Associated Experts
June 11 , 2008
Washington, DC, USA
BBOP convened consultation meeting on June 11, 2008 in Washington, DC, USA, which brought together 19 participants with a variety of expertise in biodiversity offsets and indigenous and local communities’ participation issues. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce BBOP to indigenous and local communities representatives and experts, and engage participants in a discussion on how to improve the draft BBOP documents.
A summary of the event and presentation can be found here:
BBOP Side Event at SBSTTA13
February 19, 2008
Rome, Italy
BBOP held a side event at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), thirteenth meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 13) on Tuesday, 19 February 2008. A summary of the event can be found here:
Ghana Policy Workshop
November, 6, 2007
Accra, Ghana
On Tuesday November 6, 2007, the Business and Biodiversity Program (BBOP), Conservation International – Ghana, with support from Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd, held a policy workshop in Accra, Ghana with government officials and representatives of the extractive industry, to discuss biodiversity offsets and their use as a tool for conservation in Ghana.
Biodiversity Offsets - a Tool for Conservation and Development: An Open Discussion
June 18-21, 2007
Bainbridge Island, Washington State, USA
Presentations
June 18 - Learning Network
BBOP at IAIA 2007
Presentations:
Environmental Compensation for Biodiversity and Development: Towards a Sufficient Compensation
February 15-16, 2007
Instituto Nacional de Ecología, Mexico City, Mexico
This first meeting on environmental compensation for biodiversity and development, hosted by INE in conjunction with the Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP), analyzed the existing situation in Mexico for environmental compensations/offsets for residual damages caused to biodiversity by development projects. The meeting served as a time to exchange ideas and opinions, provide technical analysis, and identify and promote criteria and mechanisms for environmental compensation that is economically and biologically viable. Approximately 40 people from a variety of sectors, including developers, governments and NGOs, participated in the meeting.
Presentations
- Introducción al concepto de la compensación ambiental por afectaciones a la biodiversidad (offsets de biodiversidad): Kerry ten Kate, Forest Trends
- El precedente legal y práctico de la compensación ambiental en México: Mauricio Trejo, CONANP
- Práctica y perspectivas de la compensación ambiental en México: experiencias de la CONAFOR:
Samuel García Carreón, CONAFOR
- El Desarrollo Forestal Sostenable: Eje de la política de Estado Nacional: Francisco García,
DGGSF-SEMARNAT
- Aplicación de medidas de compensación ambiental derivadas del procedimiento de evaluación del impacto ambiental: Andrés Chacón, DGIRA-SEMARNAT
- La compensación ambiental: Juan Carlos Carrillo, CEMDA
- La empresa Shell y los offsets de biodiversidad: Estudio de caso: Deric Quaile, Shell/IUCN
- Contexto gubernamental de los offsets de biodiversidad: Marja Preston, Ministerio Ambiental de la Ciudad de Bainbridge, EUA
- Experiencia internacional con los offsets de biodiversidad: Josh Bishop, IUCN
The Role of Biodiversity Offsets in Conservation: An Open Discussion
September 29, 2006
Pretoria, South Africa
Presentations
diversity Offsets at Development Projects: A roundtable discussion
June 21, 2006
Antanavario, Madagascar
Meeting Presentations
Learning Network Meeting: Uganda
June 16, 2006
Kampala, Uganda
BBOP and Gyelloba convened a Learning Network meeting with policymakers in Uganda. The meeting discussed the conservation and livelihood objectives of biodiversity offsets, the business case for engaging companies, and potential opportunities for Uganda. In attendance were individuals from the National Environment Management Authority of Uganda, the National Forestry Authority of Uganda, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Forest Trends, Gyelloba, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Uganda Wildlife Agency, and specialists in the fields of law and ornithology.
The Role of Biodiversity offsets in conservation: An open roundtable discussion
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Curitiba , Brazil
Meeting Presentations:
The Role of Biodiversity Offsets in Conservation: Side Event at the Conference to the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Curitiba, Brazil
Meeting Presentations:
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