Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas Development
The Energy and Biodiversity InstituteIncreasingly, areas of interest for oil and gas development are also being recognized and valued for their biodiversity resources. Biodiversity, the complex web of genes, species, ecosystems and ecological processes that sustain life on Earth, provides human society with food, medicines, natural resources, ecological services and spiritual and aesthetic benefits. Yet, this biodiversity is under […]
THE USE OF MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION THE CASE OF HABITAT BANKING
Summary Report for European Commission DG Environment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is the summary report of the consortium led by Economics For The Environment Consultancy Ltd (eftec) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) for the contract for European Commission Directorate-General Environment on The Use of Market-based Instrument for Biodiversity Protection the case of habitat banking (ENV.G.1/ETU/2008/0043).
Compensating for damage to biodiversity
the American experience of wetlands banks
Review of the US experience with wetlands banking
Strengthening implementation of the mitigation hierarchy
managing biodiversity risk for conservation gains
Cambridge Conservation InitiativeThe scale and pace of development is intensifying across the mining, oil & gas, agriculture, infrastructure, forestry and housing sectors. Such rapid and large scale expansion in commercial development threatens to irreversibly transform landscapes around the world, putting pressure on biodiversity and the people that depend on it for their livelihoods and well-being. Understanding the […]