BBOP Publications Library

To No Net Loss and Beyond

An Overview of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)

This updated Overview document with its Principles on Biodiversity Offsets, introduction to the Standard on Biodiversity Offsets, and the accompanying supporting materials have been prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP). Its aim is to help developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions wishing to consider and develop best practice related to […]

Policy Options for an EU No Net Loss Initiative

Report to the European Commission.

Tucker, Graham; Allen, Ben; Conway, Mavourneen; Dickie, Ian; Hart, Kaley; Rayment, Matt; Schulp, Catharina; van Teeffelen, Astrid (2013) Policy Options for an EU No Net Loss Initiative. Report to the European Commission. Institute for European Environmental Policy, London.

EU Habitat Directive and Habitat Compensation, MSc Dissertation

The Natura 2000 network comprises protected areas designated under the EC Birds and Habitats Directives. Articles 6(3) and 6(4) of the Habitats Directive establish a robust system of protection for Natura 2000 sites, only allowing damage from plans or projects in exceptional circumstances. Where damage is allowed, compensatory measures must be provided to protect the […]

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988: Version No 030

The purpose of this Act is to establish a legal and administrative structure to enable and promote the conservation of Victoria’s native flora and fauna and to provide for a choice of procedures which can be used for the conservation, management or control of flora and fauna and the management of potentially threatening processes.

Assessment of Plans and Projects Significantly Affecting NATURA 2000 Sites

This document has been produced to provide nonmandatory methodological help to carry out or review the assessments required under Article 6(3) and (4) of the habitats directive (1) (referred to here as the Article 6 assessments). These assessments are required where a project or plan may give rise to significant effects upon a Natura 2000 […]

Federal Guidance on the Use of Vegetated Buffers as Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

This document provides guidance on the use of vegetated buffers as a component of compensatory mitigation plans undertaken to meet permit requirements under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The permit program requires appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts to […]

Akwé Kon Voluntary Guidelines

The Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Regarding Developments Proposed to Take Place on, or which are Likely to Impact on, Sacred Sites and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or Used by Indigenous and Local Communities were developed pursuant to task 9 of the programme of […]

Solid Energy New Zealand Biodiversity Offset Case Study – 2009

Case study of Solid Energy New Zealand BBOP pilot biodiversity offset at the Strongman coal mine, South Island, New Zealand. Published in 2009.

Importance of Baseline Specification in Evaluating Conservation Interventions and Achieving No Net Loss of Biodiversity

There is an urgent need to improve the evaluation of conservation interventions. This requires specifying an objective and a frame of reference from which to measure performance. Reference frames can be baselines (i.e., known biodiversity at a fixed point in history) or counterfactuals (i.e., a scenario that would have occurred without the intervention). Biodiversity offsets […]

Implementation Gap between the Theory and Practice of Biodiversity Offset Multipliers

Emerging policies worldwide require biodiversity gains as compensation for losses associated with economic development, seeking to achieve “no net loss” (NNL). Multipliers – factors by which gains are larger than associated losses – can be crucial for true NNL. Here, we review the theoretical literature on multipliers. Then, we collate data on multipliers implemented in […]