BBOP Publications Library

Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats of Wild Fauna and Flora

Whereas it is recognized that the adoption of measures intended to promote the conservation of priority natural habitats and priority species of Community interest is a common responsibility of all Member States; whereas this may, however, impose an excessive financial burden on certain Member States given, on the one hand, the uneven distribution of such […]

National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan

The Bush Administration affirms its commitment to the goal of no net loss of the Nation=s wetlands. The Administration is hopeful of achieving that goal and in the near future to begin increasing the overall functions and values of our wetlands through the combined efforts of the numerous governmental programs and initiatives, including the Clean […]

Biodiversity offsets and the mitigation hierarchy: a review of current application in the banking sector

A study completed on behalf of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme and the UNEP Finance Initiative by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

This study was jointly commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP), to explore the following themes: ● Familiarity and awareness among the financial sector of the biodiversity mitigation hierarchy and biodiversity offsets; ● Corporate policy approaches of banks in understanding and addressing biodiversity […]

Compensating for damage to biodiversity

An international benchmarking study

This study by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDDE) examines the implementation of offsets globally, identifying best practices in order to inform the French regulatory and methodological framework on offsets. To do this, 29 countries were surveyed (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada (Quebec), Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, […]

BBOP Standard (Japanese Translation)

Poverty, Development, and Biodiversity Conservation: Shooting in the Dark?

Poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation are basic social goals and part of the policy agenda of postcolonial states and international agencies. It is not surprising therefore that a large number of programmatic interventions have aimed to achieve the two goals at the same time. These interventions are funded by governments, conservation NGOs, bilateral and multilateral […]

Submission by the Government of Australia : (Decision VII/18 of the Seventh Conference of the Parties: Incentive Measures)

The case studies in this paper are provided in response to the invitation to Parties and governments to submit information on the removal or mitigation of perverse incentives, as requested in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Decision VII/18 of the Seventh Conference of the Parties: Incentive measures.

Planning for Living Landscapes: Perspectives and Lessons from South Africa

The long-term survival and well-being of people depends on effective conservation of the world’s biodiversity. This requires living landscapes: landscapes that are able to support life of all forms now and into the future. Pressures on biodiversity show no sign of abating, yet resources for conservation action are limited. This means we need to be […]

Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

In order to achieve our goals, the conservation community must determine the extent to which our actions are working – and we must be able to diagnose why some actions succeed while others do not. In recent years, there has been great convergence among conservation organizations in thinking about how best to plan and implement […]

Biodiversity Offset Implementation Handbook

The success of a biodiversity offset will depend on ensuring that an effective institutional and management structure is in place; that financial flows are sufficient; and that systems are in place to ensure that the offset objectives are achieved. This Handbook assumes that the nature of offsetting activities and magnitude and location of the offset […]