Ecological Interactions and Evolution: Forgotten Parts of Biodiversity
Thomas Bohn, Per-Arne AmundsenOrganisms are shaped contemporaneously by ecological processes and over long periods of time by evolution. These activities have lead to the diversification of life. But is the diversity of life all biodiversity is? We argue that biodiversity is the conclusion drawn both from the variety of life forms and the variety of processes that have […]
Mining and Biodiversity: Towards Best Practice
The World COnservation Union, International Council on Mining and MetalsEconomic development, social equity and environmental protection are the essential elements of sustainable development. The nexus between economic development and the conservation of natural resources has been, in particular, a subject of recurrent debate.
Estándar sobre compensaciones por perdida de biodiversidad
BBOPSpanish translation of the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets
Biodiversity Offsets and the Challenge of Achieving No Net Loss
Toby Gardner, Amrei von Hase - International Institute for Sustainability, Forest TrendsBusinesses, governments, and financial institutions are increasingly adopting a policy of no net loss of biodiversity for development activities. The goal of no net loss is intended to help relieve tension between conservation and development by enabling economic gains to be achieved without concomitant biodiversity losses. biodiversity offsets represent a necessary component of a much […]
Biodiversity: Life’s Variety
Government of AustraliaBiodiversity has many values. At the most fundamental level, biodiversity is the basis for healthy, functioning ecosystems that are necessary to maintain essential ecosystem services. These include: soil formation, nutrient storage and cycling, plant pollination and pollution breakdown and absorption. Put simply, biodiversity provides all the critical processes that make life possible.
A Prototype Toolkit for Scoring the Biodiversity Benefits of Land Use Change, Version 5.1
Ian Oliver, David ParkesThis document is a prototype guide that can be used to assess the biodiversity benefits (and disbenefits) likely to result from a change in land use. This toolkit aims to strike a balance between a meaningful, defensible and practical approach, and builds upon the Habitat Hectares methodology developed by the Department of Natural Resources and […]
Measuring Mitigation: A Review of the Science for Compensatory Mitigation Performance Standards
Environmental Law InstituteAttention to the federal compensatory mitigation program has been growing over the years and became heightened after the release of a National Academy of Sciences 2001 report evaluating the success of compensatory mitigation to achieve no net loss of function of the nations wetland resources. The report concluded that the goal of no net loss […]
Protecting Shareholder and Natural Value
Annelisa Grigg, Kerry ten KateInsight Investment is the asset manager of the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS plc), with £71.8 billion of assets under management, as at 31 March 2004. 11.7% of Insights investments in equities and substantial bonds holdings are in oil & gas, mining & minerals and utilities companies.1 Insight applies its policy on corporate governance and […]
Biodiversity Offsets and Stakeholder Participation
BBOPThis Resource Paper was prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) to help developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions that wish to consider and develop best practice related to biodiversity offsets. It provides information on stakeholder identification, engagement and participation in the design and implementation of biodiversity offsets, considering both the […]
Exploring potential demand for and supply of habitat banking in the EU and appropriate design elements for a habitat banking scheme
Matt Rayment - ICF GHK ConsultingThis report presents the findings of a research project undertaken by GHK Consulting Ltd (ICF GHK) and BIO Intelligence Service (BIO IS) for DG Environment to explore potential demand for and supply of habitat banking in the EU, and appropriate design elements for a habitat banking scheme. The research examined the following topics: ■ The […]