Akwé Kon Voluntary Guidelines
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityThe 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
Joseph W. Bull, A Gordon, E. A. Law, K.B. Suttle, E. J. Milner-Gulland - Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Environmental Decisions Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Department of Life Sciences & Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College LondonThere 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 […]
Implementation Gap between the Theory and Practice of Biodiversity Offset Multipliers
Joseph W. Bull, Samuel P. Lloyd, Niels Strange - Department of Food and Resource Economics & Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Department of Food and Resource Economics & Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of CopenhagenEmerging policies worldwide require biodiversity gains as compensation for losses associated with economic development, seeking to achieve no net loss (NNL). Multipliers factors by which gains are larger than associated losses can be crucial for true NNL. Here, we review the theoretical literature on multipliers. Then, we collate data on multipliers implemented in […]