BBOP Publications Library

Working towards NNL of Biodiversity and Beyond

Solid Energy became a member of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) and offered the Strongman Mine II as a pilot project in 2007. In 2009, Solid Energy together with BBOP published a case study on the biodiversity management and offset work undertaken at Strongman up to that point (available at https://www.forest-trends.org/documents/fi les/doc_3124.pdf). The […]

Integrating invasive mammal eradications and biodiversity offsets for fisheries bycatch: conservation opportunities and challenges for seabirds and sea turtles

The removal of invasive mammals from islands is one of society’s most powerful tools for preventing extinctions and restoring ecosystems. Given the demonstrable high conservation impact and return on investment of eradications, new networks are needed to fully leverage invasive mammal eradications programs for biodiversity conservation at-large. There have been over 800 invasive mammal eradications […]

National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation, 2001-2005

Biodiversity describes the organisms in the natural environment, which provide the ecosystem services that form our natural capital: fresh water, clean air, soil fertility and biological pest control. Biodiversity is fundamental to the future sustainability of the world’s natural resources. A recent report by the World Resources Institute values the ‘free’ ecosystem services at over […]

Opportunities forBenefiting Biodiversity Conservation

The use of market-based instruments for biodiversity protection – Habitat Banking case studies

Standard on Biodiversity Offsets

This Standard on Biodiversity Offsets has been prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) to help auditors, developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions that wish to assess biodiversity offsets against the BBOP Principles, Criteria and Indicators.

BBOP Vision, Mission, Goals, Strategy, Plan

The Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP): planning policies and projects to achieve a net gain of biodiversity BBOP Vision, Mission, Goals, Strategy, Plan Approved by the BBOP Advisory Group and adopted by the Executive Committee on 20 January 2016

Environmental Offset Policies, Principles, and Methods: A Review of Selected Legislative Frameworks

Environmental offsets seek to ensure that unavoidable adverse environmental impacts of development are counterbalanced by environmental gains, with the overall aim of achieving a net neutral or beneficial outcome. In line with sustainable development, offsets represent one important tool for maintaining or enhancing environmental values in situations where social and economic development is sought despite […]

Victoria ‘s Native Vegetation Management: A Framework for Action – Summary Brochure 2

The National Land and Water Resources Audit’s ‘Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001’ provides an analysis of clearing across Australia. Five of the 85 bioregions (areas with similar characteristics of landscape and native plant and animal types) in Australia have less than 30% of pre-1750 native vegetation cover remaining. Four of these five bioregions are found […]

Federal Guidance on the Use of Off-Site and Out-of-Kind Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

This document provides interagency guidance on the use of off-site and out-of-kind compensatory mitigation undertaken to meet permit requirements under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The permit program relies on compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts to aquatic systems by replacing aquatic functions lost in association with permitted activities.