Making Environmental Markets Work: Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur , Carbon, Wetlands and Other Related Markets
Ricardo BayonEver since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it has become clear that market mechanisms can be effectively used to achieve environmental policies. But markets are neither infallible nor automatic. They have blind spots and they need to be […]
The Tradable Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: What Have We Learned?
Tom TietenbergThe atmosphere is but one of many commons and climate change is but one example of over-exploitation of the commons. An approach employed increasingly for coping with the problem of rationing access to the commons involves the use of tradable permits. Applications of this approach have spread to many different types of resources and many […]
Executive Summary of BBOP Standard, Technical Handbooks and Resource Papers
BBOPThis document provides a brief summary of the core documents developed by BBOP and an overview of how they relate to each other. Documents summarized include the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets, its accompanying Guidance Notes, and supporting materials such as the Handbooks on offset design, implementation and the cost benefit handbook, as well as […]
Forecasting the path towards a Net Positive Impact on biodiversity for Rio Tinto QMM
Helen Temple, Stuart Anstee, Jon Ekstrom, John D Pilgrim, J. Rabenantoandro, J-B. Ramanamanjato, F. Randriatafika , M. Vincelette - The Biodiversity Consultancy, Rio Tinto, The Biodiversity Consultancy, The Biodiversity ConsultancyRio Tinto is committed to achieving a Net Positive Impact (NPI) on biodiversity at sites where it operates, a strategy launched at the 2004 IUCN World Conservation Congress and reinforced at the 2008 Congress (Rio Tinto, 2008a). The Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Fort Dauphin region of southeastern Madagascar run by QIT Madagascar Minerals […]