BBOP Publications Library

Biodiversity Offsets: Policy Options for Government

This 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 […]

To No Net Loss and Beyond

An Overview of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)

This updated Overview document with its Principles on Biodiversity Offsets, introduction to the Standard on Biodiversity Offsets, and the accompanying supporting materials have been prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP). Its aim is to help developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions wishing to consider and develop best practice related to […]

Policy Options for an EU No Net Loss Initiative

Report to the European Commission.

Tucker, Graham; Allen, Ben; Conway, Mavourneen; Dickie, Ian; Hart, Kaley; Rayment, Matt; Schulp, Catharina; van Teeffelen, Astrid (2013) Policy Options for an EU No Net Loss Initiative. Report to the European Commission. Institute for European Environmental Policy, London.

Annual Report of the Native Vegetation Council, 2001/2002

The 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

This 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

The following report takes a close look at how to buy the other half of Leopold’s 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

We 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 […]

Akwé Kon Voluntary Guidelines

The Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Regarding Developments Proposed to Take Place on, or which are Likely to Impact on, Sacred Sites and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or Used by Indigenous and Local Communities were developed pursuant to task 9 of the programme of […]

Solid Energy New Zealand Biodiversity Offset Case Study – 2009

Case study of Solid Energy New Zealand BBOP pilot biodiversity offset at the Strongman coal mine, South Island, New Zealand. Published in 2009.

Importance of Baseline Specification in Evaluating Conservation Interventions and Achieving No Net Loss of Biodiversity

There is an urgent need to improve the evaluation of conservation interventions. This requires specifying an objective and a frame of reference from which to measure performance. Reference frames can be baselines (i.e., known biodiversity at a fixed point in history) or counterfactuals (i.e., a scenario that would have occurred without the intervention). Biodiversity offsets […]