BBOP Publications Library

Federal Guidance on the Use of TEA-21 Preference for Mitigation Banking to Fulfill Mitigation Requirements Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Mining and Biodiversity: Rehabilitating Coal Mine Sites

Concerns about environmental impacts have become widespread over the past four decades. In most of regional Australia, these concerns have focused on the activities of the agricultural and mining industries, as these are often the only economic activities in many regions.

Non-BBOP Compensatory Conservation Case Studies – 2009

A summary of non-BBOP biodiversity offset case studies. Published in 2009.

Realising nature’s value

The Final Report of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force

The Ecosystem Markets Task Force: introduction The Ecosystem Markets Task Force is a practical, business led review of the business opportunities that arise from valuing nature correctly. The work of the Task Force is a key commitment in the Government’s Natural Environment White Paper, ‘The Natural Choice’. The White Paper’s ambition is to create “a […]

Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options

A new report from FAO says livestock production is one of the major causes of the world’s most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Using a methodology that considers the entire commodity chain, it estimates that livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas […]

Planning and Environment Act 1987: Version No 075

Natura 2000 and Forests ‘Challenges and Opportunities’

This document aims to clarify the role of forests and forestry in the Natura 2000 ecological network, in order to facilitate the uptake of Natura 2000 among forestry operators.

Making Environmental Markets Work: Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur , Carbon, Wetlands and Other Related Markets

Ever 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?

The 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

This 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 […]