BBOP Publications Library

Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats of Wild Fauna and Flora: Annex III

Assessment at national level of the relative importance of sites for each natural habitat type in Annex I and each species in Annex II (including priority naturalhabitat types and priority species).

Policy Review: Wetland Mitigation – Report No 99-40

Wetlands provide vital functions to the natural environment, including groundwater recharge, stormwater attenuation, and wildlife habitat. The efforts of the state regulatory agencies, the Department of Environmental Protection (department hereafter) and the water management districts (districts hereafter), are directed at balancing environmental protection with private property rights and economic development pressures.

Biodiversity Offsets: Good for Business and Biodiversity?

What are biodiversity offsets? “Conservation actions intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, so as to ensure no net loss of biodiversity. Before developers contemplate offsets, they should have first sought to avoid and minimize harm to biodiversity.”

Resource Paper: Limits to What Can Be Offset

This document is one of two Resource Papers (the other being on No Net Loss) written to update information published in the BBOP Offset Design Handbook (2009) and to support the interpretation and understanding of the Principles, and of the Criteria and Indicators developed for the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets. The document specifically addresses […]

Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Paper

A report by the IUCN Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Group

Summary report of the IUCN Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Group, examining how can IUCN support best practice in offsetting

Biodiversity Offset Case Study:Compañía Minera Antamina’s Polylepis Initiative

The objective of this case study is to demonstrate an evaluation method for voluntary biodiversity offsets. We focus on the Antamina mine, operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (ANTAMINA). The Antamina mine is among the world’s largest copper and zinc mines, and is located in the Andean mountains in Ancash, Peru. In 2004 the company […]

Victoria ‘s Native Vegetation Management: A Framework for Action

An estimated 66% of Victoria’s native vegetation has been cleared as a result growth and economic development of State. Of the remaining 34% it is estimated that 7.4 million hectares are located public land and approximately 1.1 million hectares are found on private land.

Landowners Bank on Conservation: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Guidance on Conservation Banking

For many years, fossil enthusiasts have searched for Miocene fossils on a secluded beach south of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. About a decade ago, without warning or explanation, a formidable chain link fence appeared on the beach, anchored at one end to the nearly vertical cliffs behind the beach, and extending at the other end about […]

Biodiversity Indicators for Monitoring Impacts and Conservation Actions

Indicators are a way of presenting and managing complex information in a simple and clear manner. Using an approach based on risk assessment, this document outlines a methodology for developing site-level indicators to monitor significant positive and negative biodiversity impacts and company-level indicators to inform and report on the approach taken to biodiversity conservation at […]

THE USE OF MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION – THE CASE OF HABITAT BANKING

Technical Report for European Commission DG Environment

This research project examined the potential use of habitat banking in the EU as an economic instrument for biodiversity protection. This report identifies a range of information and experience with habitat banking from around the world, from economic theory and provides an institutional analysis for practical implementation. It aims to guide future European policy options.