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The Argan Program in Morocco

Raquel Ark, BASF
Charlotte d’Erceville, BASF
Viola Möller, BASF
Anne-Laurie Rodrigues, BASF
BASF SE

With the integration of Cognis and its active ingredients business, Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS), BASF has broadened its product portfolio based on renewable raw materials in the last years. One of renewable raw materials is Argan oil from Morocco. more[...]

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Saving Sharks In Shady Costa Rica

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Ten years ago, the Sea Shepherd ship Ocean Warrior and her crew intervened against an illegal shark finning operation in Guatemalan waters by the Costa Rican long liner (and previously convicted poaching vessel) the Varadero I. In April 2002 the Varadero I was caught 50 miles inside Guatemalan waters. Rob Stewart filmed and documented their shark finning operations and Sea Shepherd received permission from the government of Guatemala to intervene to stop their illegal activities. The crew of the Ocean Warrior did so without causing any injuries and without causing any damage to the Varadero I. more[...] login_required

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Rio+20 Summit

At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want. more[...]

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Institutional Challenges for a Green Economy

Prof. Dr. Adil Najam, Lahore University of Management Sciences - LUMS
Dr Henrik Selin, Boston University

What if the world could actualize its finest visions of a “green economy”? What sorts of institutions would we need to manage it? What sorts of institutional innovations will lead us to such a destination? Those are some of the questions that should be at the forefront of our thinking as we think about what Rio+20 can achieve. more[...] login_required

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Biodiversity Management: Fields of Action

German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Through the development and use of company sites, buildings or through emissions, etc. businesses directly affect biological diversity. In fishing, farming and forestry, the shock on the environment is mostly direct as well. Often, however, there is an indirect change to the habitat caused, in part, by raw material suppliers and the supply chain. In addition to location development and supply chain management, corporate biodiversity management encompasses further fields of action. Business success and impact factors on biodiversity can be managed by implementing the necessary strategies. The following is a list of the most important fields of action with descriptions for corporate biodiversity management. more[...]

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Protecting shareholder and natural value. 2005 benchmark of biodiversity management practices in the extractive industry

Fauna & Flora International

Under the framework of the Dutch Environmental Policy Plan, the Netherlands is working with the investment and business community to develop practical guidance to help companies analyse biodiversity and natural resources as business risks and opportunities. We are helping companies to formulate biodiversity strategies and plans. A Business & Biodiversity Helpdesk may be set up to facilitate implementation. more[...] login_required

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Biodiversity Management. Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry

German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

This handbook addresses the theme of biodiversity management, which is one theme in the Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program. The aims of the Program are to identify the key issues affecting sustainable development in the mining industry and provide information and case studies that illustrate a more sustainable basis for the mining industry. more[...] login_required

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Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity

German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Alongside this publication, ICMM published two discussion papers on biodiversity offsets in 2005 as an output of the Dialogue and a contribution to efforts to improve biodiversity conservation. A set of good practice case studies was published with IUCN in 2004 to show what can be achieved and I commend that document to readers as a companion to this one. more[...] login_required

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A Guide to Developing Biodiversity Action Plans for the Oil and Gas Sector

German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

This IPIECA guide is designed to help HSE professionals and other relevant staff, e.g. those involved with project planning, in the oil and gas industry to develop Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) for their sites and projects. more[...] login_required

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The Oil and Gas Industry: Operating in Sensitive Environments

International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)

This booklet summarizes a series of short case studies which describe some of the oil and gas industry’s experience of operating responsibly in sensitive human and physical environments. The case studies cover company experiences across the full range of oil and gas industry activities. more[...] login_required

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Corporate Biodiversity Management Handbook. A guide for practical implementation

German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

The handbook then outlines a number of proven tools for use in biodiversity management as well as those that can be adapted to help achieve corporate biodiversity goals.Throughout this guide there are illustrative best-practice examples from the ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ Initiative. more[...] login_required

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Biodiversity Management

Biodiversity underpins development through the provision of products such as food, fibre and medicines and ecosystem services such as the regulation of water supply and air quality. Though billions of people around the world depend on such ‘goods’ and services, this contribution is neither fully recognized nor valued in markets. more[...]

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Two Years Applying the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

John Finisdore, World Resources Institute

The decline in nature’s ability to provide ecosystem services – the benefits humans derive from ecosystems – can present material risks and opportunities to business. However, managers have only just begun integrating considerations of ecosystem services into corporate decision-making processes. One resource has been the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR), a set of guidelines that has helped managers improve both corporate performance and the environment. more[...] login_required

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Access and Benefit Sharing Is Paramount to the Future of Biodiversity

Dr. Jane Smart, IUCN

The benefits of biodiversity are inextricably linked to the people’s well-being and this includes their fundamental rights to preserve their natural heritage, as well as to use these resources for development. However, given the current rates of species extinction and the overall loss of biodiversity, regulating access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable distribution of the benefits associated with them – and at the same time safeguarding people’s traditional knowledge – will be one of the most important decisions at this year’s 10th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan. more[...] login_required

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European Business and Biodiversity Platform (B@B)

Shulamit Alony, IUCN

The European Commission has decided to establish a technical support facility to promote the continued development of the EU Business and Biodiversity Initiative. The platform is open to civil society as well as to business in its activities. The platform will work with the interested priority business sectors identified by the European Commission – agriculture, food supply, forestry, extractive industry, finance, and tourism – to promote their awareness of and engagement in biodiversity protection. more[...] login_required

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