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Kerry ten Kate & Kerry ten Kate & Mira Inbar Mira Inbar Ensuring no net loss of biodiversity in development projects and prioritised in situ conservation The Business & Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP)

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Page 1: Kerry ten Kate & Mira Inbar Kerry ten Kate & Mira Inbar Ensuring no net loss of biodiversity in development projects and prioritised in situ conservation

Kerry ten Kate & Mira InbarKerry ten Kate & Mira Inbar

Ensuring no net loss of biodiversity in development projects

and prioritised in situ conservation

The Business & Biodiversity Offsets Program

(BBOP)

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• Why biodiversity offsets? What are they?

• About the Biodiversity Offsets Programme– Objectives– The structure– The pilot projects– Collaborators

• Progress since the last Katoomba Group meeting

• Next steps

• Your help

ContentsBBOP

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“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 minimise harm to biodiversity.”

Insight & IUCN, 2004

What are biodiversity offsets?BBOP

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Vision for the Program

All future major development projects

(in the private and public sectors alike),

and certainly those which will have a significant impact on biodiversity,

should ensure that they bring about no net loss

(and preferably a net gain) in biodiversity.

BBOP

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Vision for the ProgramBBOP

All future major development projects (in the private and public sectors alike), and certainly those which will have a significant impact on biodiversity, should ensure that they bring about no net loss (and preferably a net gain) in biodiversity.

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– Trade small compromised sites for larger areas with better prospects.

– Focus conservation efforts on priorities, in context of landscape/regional planning.• a representative sample of all biodiversity pattern (representation)• ecological processes (persistence)• Critical natural capital values

Developed

Preserved

Developed

Preserved

Sources: 2004: Insight/IUCN; White; Maze.

More and better conservationBBOP

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• The ability to undertake projects that might not otherwise be possible

• Better relationships with local communities, government regulators, environmental groups and other important stakeholders

• An enhanced reputation and therefore “social license to operate”

• Increased “regulatory goodwill” which could lead to faster permitting

• Easier access to capital and associated competitive advantages

• A practical tool for managing social and environmental risks and liabilities

• The possibility of influencing emerging environmental regulation and policy

• Reduced costs of compliance with environmental regulations

• “First mover” advantage for innovative companies

• Strategic opportunities in the new markets and businesses that emerge as biodiversity offsets become more widespread

Why should business offset the harm it causes to biodiversity ?

BBOP

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Business & Biodiversity Offsets Program

Objectives

PILOT PROJECTS: Portfolio of pilot projects worldwide demonstrating “no net loss” of biodiversity and livelihood benefits

TOOLKIT: Develop and test in the pilots “How to” toolkit on biodiversity offset design and implementation

POLICY: Influence policy and corporate developments on biodiversity offsets so they meet conservation and business objectives.

BBOP

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Secretariat

Pilot 1

Learning Network

Advisory Committee

Pilot 2

Pilot 4

Pilot 3

BBOP:

Structure

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Forest Trends

Conservation International

SecretariatBBOP

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Birdlife BNI CI

FFI FWS Forest Trends

Insight INE IUCN

SANBI TNC RBG, Kew

UNDP Wageningen ZSLUniv

BBOP ADVISORY GROUP

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• ABN-Amro

• BG Group

• Earthcall

• Rio Tinto

• International Council on Mining and Metals

• International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association

• The Katoomba Group

• Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

• World Bank and World Bank Institute

• World Resources Institute

• World Wildlife Fund

BBOP LEARNING NETWORK

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A portfolio of pilot projects

Diversity of projects. Different:

– sectors (oil & gas; mining; tourism; construction; agriculture)

– scales ($6bn and area the size of Manhattan to US $1m and 15 ha)

– policy environments (mandatory to voluntary)

– ecosystems (tropical forest, desert, marine)

– countries (Middle East, Mexico, Ghana, Uganda, Brazil, Australia, South Africa)

– stakeholders (companies, local & central govt,

& experts local & intl NGOs, local communities)

A portfolio of pilot projectsBBOP

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What is a pilot project?

• New projects in the field

• Objective: demonstrate no net loss (or net gain) of biodiversity

• How? – Work with the company/developer, its stakeholders and

experts

– Calculate the biodiversity impact of the project.

– Design and support implementation of a biodiversity offset - in situ conservation project.

BBOP

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Mabira Forest EcolodgeBBOP

Construction Construction of 30-bed of 30-bed ecotourism ecotourism lodge. 1 ha lodge. 1 ha cleared and cleared and 40 affected. 40 affected.

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Shell Qatar Pearl GTL projectBBOP

DOHA

The Project

MULTIPHASE PIPE LINES51 km, 30”

2 Unmanned Wellhead platformseach 800 MMscf/d

RAS LAFFAN

Utilities General

& CommonFacilities

GTL

Storage

NaphthaGasoilLDFLube Base Oils

EthanePropaneButaneCondensateSulphur

Slug Catcher C2/LPGExtraction

Gas Treatment

SulphurRecovery

Water

Cond. stabilise

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Newmont Akyem GoldmineBBOP

Akyem Deposit

Ntronang

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FDE Powerline, Sierra GordaBBOP

Jalpan

Ahuacatlán

Puerto de Animas

Escanelilla

El Llano

Arquitos

Pinal

The Vizarron-Jalpan The Vizarron-Jalpan power line is expected to power line is expected to transmit 115 kV electricity transmit 115 kV electricity across 56km of which across 56km of which 38km are within the Sierra 38km are within the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve Gorda Biosphere Reserve (SGBR).(SGBR).

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Quantify impact, then plan conservation :

– Conserve representative sample of biodiversity

– Persistence of ecological processes

– Targets: How much needed for a living landscape? (e.g. area)

– Link development projects to achieving priority conservation outcomes?

National

Bioregional

Site level

How ?BBOP

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Second program meeting, Washington, June 05

Getting into the methodology

Progress since the last Katoomba meetingBBOP

Working Groups

On the CBD agenda

USAID grant

New advisory committee members

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New pilots

Testing methodologies in the pilots

Meeting of the

Learning Network

….. at CBD COP

AkyemAkyem

Sefwi

Next stepsBBOP

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Do you know of case studies, individuals, organisations with experience relevant to biodiversity offsets?

Your helpBBOP

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Can you help us find new pilots?

Your helpBBOP

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Finding pilot projectsBBOP

A pilot project in Mongolia would be great.

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Challenging, but manageableBBOP

Photo: thanks to Chris Anderson

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Birdlife BNI CI

FFI FWS Forest Trends

Insight INE IUCN

SANBI TNC

RBG, UNDP Wageningen

Kew Univ

WRI WWF ZSL

BBOP ADVISORY GROUP & LEARNING NETWORK