BBOP Publications Library

NATURA 2000: Opportunities and Obstacles

By adopting the Habitats Directive in 1992, the governments of the European Community committed themselves to the creation of the Natura 2000 ecological network, with the aim of conserving an extensive range of European habitat types and wildlife species. In doing so, they set in motion potentially the most significant initiative for nature conservation in […]

Climate, Community and Biodiversity Project Design Standards

How Can a Native Vegetation Offset Policy Contribute to a ‘No Net Loss’ of Native Vegetation Quality and Quantity?

Native vegetation offsets for vegetation loss is a relatively new policy area, although wider environmental offsets, including wetland banking, greenhouse gas and others have been used for the last thirty to forty years. This study sought to investigate how native vegetation offsets can contribute to the goal of ‘no net loss’ of native vegetation quality […]

Standard sur les offsets de biodiversité

French translation of BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets

Standard sur les offset de biodiversité

(French Translation of BBOP Standard)

Biodiversity Trading: Protecting our Unique Biodiversity

Biodiversity – the array of plants, animals and micro-organisms, the genes they contain and the functions they perform – sustains our ecosystems. The inter-dependence of all the components of biodiversity provides balance and stability to our life support systems.

Assessing the Quality of Native Vegetation: The ‘Habitat Hectares’ Approach

Assessments of the ‘quality’, condition or status of stands of native vegetation or habitat are now commonplace and are often an essential component of ecological studies and planning processes. Even when soundly based upon ecological principles, these assessments are usually highly subjective and involve implicit value judgments. The present paper describes a novel approach to […]

Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks

This memorandum is intended to be applied to conservation bank proposals submitted for approval on or after the date of this guidance and to those in early stages of planning or development. It is not intended for the guidance to be retroactive for banks that have already received agency approval. While it is recognized that […]

Biodiversity Offsets – A Briefing Paper for the Mining Industry

Industry faces challenges as a result of its social, economic and environmental footprint. Since the mid 1990s, the mining industry has engaged in dialogue with environmental and social development organisations to determine how to address these challenges. Through this dialogue biodiversity has been identified as a key business and environmental issue. ICMM member companies are […]

The Relationship between Biodiversity Offsets and Impact Assessment

This 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 offers information on how to integrate biodiversity offsets with impact assessment, including Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for policies, plans […]