BBOP Publications Library

Assessing the Quality of Native Vegetation: The ‘Habitat Hectares’ Approach

Assessments of the ‘quality’, condition or status of stands of native vegetation or habitat are now commonplace and are often an essential component of ecological studies and planning processes. Even when soundly based upon ecological principles, these assessments are usually highly subjective and involve implicit value judgments. The present paper describes a novel approach to […]

Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks

This memorandum is intended to be applied to conservation bank proposals submitted for approval on or after the date of this guidance and to those in early stages of planning or development. It is not intended for the guidance to be retroactive for banks that have already received agency approval. While it is recognized that […]

Sustaining Life on Earth: How the Convention on Biological Diversity Promotes Nature and Human Well-Being

In 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

The 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

Key lessons from the ‘Burgberg Zschaitz’ habitat bank in Saxony

Mitigation Banking: Securing No Net Loss to Biodiversity?

Environmental advisors and planners are frequently confronted with the issue of ecological mitigation for losses due to development, the uncertainty over whether the proposed compensation is adequate and how the mitigation will function over time. The advantages of acquiring and retaining land in advance for ecological mitigation required by subsequent development has been demonstrated primarily […]

Green Offsets for Sustainable Development: Concept Paper

Sustainable 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

Whereas 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

The 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 […]

Biodiversity offsets and the mitigation hierarchy: a review of current application in the banking sector

A study completed on behalf of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme and the UNEP Finance Initiative by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

This study was jointly commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP), to explore the following themes: ● Familiarity and awareness among the financial sector of the biodiversity mitigation hierarchy and biodiversity offsets; ● Corporate policy approaches of banks in understanding and addressing biodiversity […]