Natura 2000 and Forests Challenges and Opportunities’
European UnionThis document aims to clarify the role of forests and forestry in the Natura 2000 ecological network, in order to facilitate the uptake of Natura 2000 among forestry operators.
Making Environmental Markets Work: Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur , Carbon, Wetlands and Other Related Markets
Ricardo BayonEver 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 […]
The Tradable Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: What Have We Learned?
Tom TietenbergThe atmosphere is but one of many commons and climate change is but one example of over-exploitation of the commons. An approach employed increasingly for coping with the problem of rationing access to the commons involves the use of tradable permits. Applications of this approach have spread to many different types of resources and many […]
Executive Summary of BBOP Standard, Technical Handbooks and Resource Papers
BBOPThis document provides a brief summary of the core documents developed by BBOP and an overview of how they relate to each other. Documents summarized include the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets, its accompanying Guidance Notes, and supporting materials such as the Handbooks on offset design, implementation and the cost benefit handbook, as well as […]
Forecasting the path towards a Net Positive Impact on biodiversity for Rio Tinto QMM
Helen Temple, Stuart Anstee, Jon Ekstrom, John D Pilgrim, J. Rabenantoandro, J-B. Ramanamanjato, F. Randriatafika , M. Vincelette - The Biodiversity Consultancy, Rio Tinto, The Biodiversity Consultancy, The Biodiversity ConsultancyRio Tinto is committed to achieving a Net Positive Impact (NPI) on biodiversity at sites where it operates, a strategy launched at the 2004 IUCN World Conservation Congress and reinforced at the 2008 Congress (Rio Tinto, 2008a). The Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Fort Dauphin region of southeastern Madagascar run by QIT Madagascar Minerals […]
Annual Report of the Native Vegetation Council, 2001/2002
Government of AustraliaThe Native Vegetation Act, 1991 (the Act) was proclaimed on 18 April 1991. The Act replaced the Native Vegetation Management Act, 1985, and controls the clearance of native vegetation as well as having a number of initiatives to assist the conservation, management and research of native vegetation on lands outside the National Parks and Wildlife […]
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 […]
Progress on the Back Forty: An Analysis of Three Incentive-Based Approaches to Endangered Species Conservation on Private Land
Environmental DefenseThe following report takes a close look at how to buy the other half of Leopolds metaphorical umbrella. It examines how farmers, forest landowners, ranchers, and other landowners can help rare species while owning and using their land for economic gain. Specifically, it looks at three public policy tools that encourage and reward the sort […]
Global Energy: Introducing the Goldman Sachs Energy Environmental and Social Index
Goldman SachsWe have created the Goldman Sachs Energy Environmental and Social (GSEES) Index by scoring companies relative to each other on metrics within the above categories. There are 30 criteria, of which 28 are objective. We have not attempted to score the industry against other industries. We find significant differences in performance across categories, but some […]
Biodiversity Offsets: Policy Options for Government
Michael Crowe, Kerry ten KateThis paper draws on the experience of governments that have already developed and implemented biodiversity offsetting policies. It also takes into account the practical experience of businesses in putting offsets into place on a voluntary basis, including those undertaken in collaboration with BBOP as pilot projects. Its purpose is to serve as a very basic […]