Green Offsets for Sustainable Development: Concept Paper
Government of AustraliaSustainable development takes a long-term view, and looks to the future effects of what we do today. It gives priority to building a healthy nation and world to pass on to future generations. However, population growth and changing lifestyles pose new challenges demanding fresh resolve and innovative approaches to lead us to a sustainable future.
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats of Wild Fauna and Flora
European UnionWhereas 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
Government of the United StatesThe 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 […]
Sustaining Life on Earth: How the Convention on Biological Diversity Promotes Nature and Human Well-Being
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityIn a world of increasing globalization and environmental degradation, management of its most precious living resource, biological diversity, is one of the most important and critical challenges facing humankind today. Biological diversity is the resource upon which families, communities, nations and future generations depend. It is the link between organisms, binding each into an interdependent […]
Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook – 2009
BBOPThe Offset Design Handbook presents information on a range of issues, approaches, methodologies and possible tools from which offset planners can select the approaches best suited to their individual circumstances when designing a biodiversity offset. It describes a generic process that offset planners could use in designing a biodiversity offset, from initial conception of a […]
Marianne Darbi & Jorg Voss – Key Lessons from the ‘Burgberg Zschaitz’ Habitat Bank in Saxony
Marianne Darbi - Jorg VossKey lessons from the ‘Burgberg Zschaitz’ habitat bank in Saxony
Poverty, Development, and Biodiversity Conservation: Shooting in the Dark?
Agun Agrawal, Kent RedfordPoverty 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)
Government of AustraliaThe 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
Amanda Driver, Richard Cowling, Kristal MazeThe long-term survival and well-being of people depends on effective conservation of the worlds 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
The Conservation Measures PartnershipIn 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 […]