BBOP Publications Library

Physical Stream Assessment: A Review of Selected Protocols for Use in the Clean Water Act Section 404 Program

We reviewed stream assessment and mitigation protocols collected from throughout the United States in an effort to identify attributes most pertinent to the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 regulatory program. We also solicited input from practitioners utilizing stream assessment protocols nationwide in an effort to identify common attributes of existing protocols and to seek […]

Market-Based Environmental Policies: What Can We Learn from U.S. Experience and Related Research?

Ever since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it has become clear that market mechanisms can be effectively used to achieve environmental policies. But markets are neither infallible nor automatic. They have blind spots and they need to be […]

Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook Appendicies – 2009

This companion volume of Appendices to the BBOP Offset Design Handbook offers readers a summary of a sample of methodologies relevant to biodiversity offsets and some references on them for further reading. Some approaches are required or recommended by government policies; some are the subject of the lending requirements of banks; some are still under […]

Technical conditions for positive outcomes from biodiversity offsets

An input paper for the IUCN Technical Study Group on Biodiversity Offsets

We assess the conditions under which biodiversity offsets benefit biodiversity and achieve no net loss, asking two key questions: i. Under what conditions do biodiversity offset approaches provide positive outcomes for biodiversity, irrespective of the concept of no net loss? ii. Under what conditions is it possible to achieve no net loss through the implementation […]