BBOP Publications Library

Federal Guidance on the Use of Preservation as Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

This document provides guidance on the use of preservation as compensatory mitigation undertaken to meet permit requirements under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The permit program requires appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources by replacing aquatic […]

Draft Guidelines for Implementing Ecoregional Status Measures

Ecoregional status measures comprise a set of data about the viability, threat and conservation status of biodiversity within an ecoregion. Derived primarily from data generated by ecoregional assessments, these measures provide a snapshot of the status of biodiversity conservation, as well as a measure of trends in this status over time.

Newmont Mining Biodiversity Offset Case Study – 2009

Case study of Newmont Mining BBOP pilot biodiversity offset at the Akyem gold mine, Ghana. Published in 2009.

Biodiversity offsets: relative offsetability of impacts.

Unpublished report to the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd.: Cambridge, UK.

This report has been prepared for the Biodiversity Offset Program (BOP) of the New Zealand Department of Conservation to help advance offset thinking in New Zealand and as a contribution to the Business and Biodiversity Offset Programme1, of which BOP is a member. Given the pioneering nature of the subject, it is not intended as […]