www.corporacionlagunaverde.cl
Our principal objective is to help assess the biodiversity of Mediterranean Chile.
Our organization is comprised of people committed to finding a balance between the human communities and the natural environment of Central Chile as well as the entire nation.
“We are aware of the environmental challenges involved in building a society that understands the interdependence of human beings and their environment.”
Our mission is to contribute to the development of a new society that will work together to create networks among actors concerned about environmental protection.
www.qnatur.com
Qnatur.com promotes both, natural values of Spanish protected areas and companies committed to sustainability within their area of influence.
Spanish protected areas attract every year more than 20 million visitors who wish for new experiences in nature. At the same time protected areas are a source for highly demanded products, as traditional specialties linked to local knowledge, high natural value farming and agro-biodiversity. These facts have induced the development of economy linked to protected areas.
Qnatur promotes a change of attitude to incorporate protected areas as a relevant input to the life cycle assessment of business, thus contributing to landscape and biodiversity conservation.
Subject(s): Décennie des Nations Unies sur la Biodiversité - 2011-2020
www.squaloelefante.it
The first field research of basking sharks in the Mediterranean sea, conducted by MedSharks and CTS Ambiente.
Subject(s): Biodiversité des zones marines et côtières
Campus d'été de Gandia: diversité culutrelle et biologique en Méditerranée
www.upv.es/entidades/EPSG
Le Campus d'été de Gandia vise à contribuer à l'Année internationale de la biodiversité en soulignant le rôle de l'Université Polytechnique de Valence en tant qu'institution vouée à la conservation de la diversité biologique et culturelle. Il se compose d'activités culturelles et de formation qui se tiendront en juillet visant à répondre aux préoccupations scientifiques et culturelles des étudiants, des professionnels et du grand public qui souhaitent profiter de leur temps libre approfondir leurs connaissances.
CLIMAT 2010, Conférence en ligne sur les changements climatiques
www.climate2010.net
Du 1-7 Novembre 2010, le Conférence scientifique mondiale en ligne sur le changement climatique CLIMAT 2010 aura lieu pour la troisième fois, en mettant l'accent sur "les changements climatiques et la gestion durable des ressources en eau». CLIMAT 2010 est organisé en coopération avec le PNUE, l'UNESCO, l'OMM, GIEC, la FAO et d'autres enceintes mondiales. Elle représente une opportunité de faire partie du mouvement mondial pour l'atténuement du changement climatique comme une occasion unique de présenter et de discuter des travaux avec les chercheurs, praticiens, ONGs et le public intéressé venu de partout dans le monde.
Subject(s): Changements climatiques et biodiversité
Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation
cpicfinance.com
The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) is a group of leading civil society organizations, private and public sector financial institutions and academia working to deliver a material increase in private, return-seeking investment in conservation.
The CPIC is developing new investment models and funding pipelines that will help close the current conservation funding gap and contribute to the global goals for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. More on related resource: http://cpicfinance.com/resources/related-reports/
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR)
www.wri.org/publication/corporate-ecosystem-services-review
Developed by WRI, in conjunction with WBCSD and the Meridian Institute, this tool enables companies to identify business risks and opportunities arising from company’s dependence and impact on ecosystem services. Can be applied at site, market, product or sector level and can feed into Environmental Impact Assessments. Can also help identify new markets/ products. Following this, an initiative has been developed to determine how ecosystem services can be integrated into existing tools and management systems.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation
www.wbcsd.org/Clusters/Natural-Capital-and-Ecosystems
/Resources/Guide-to-Corporate-Ecosystem-Valuation
This framework enables companies to consider the actual benefits and value of the ecosystem services they depend upon and impact, giving them new information and insights to include in business planning and financial analysis. This will support improved business decision-making by creating more alignment between the financial, ecological and societal objectives of companies. The guide operationalizes at the company level the framework proposed by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative of the G8 Environment Ministers (2007/2010).
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Département de Agrobotany à Tápiószele, Hongrie
www.mgszh.gov.hu/szakteruletek
/szakteruletek/foldmuv_ig/agrobot/agbem
Le Département de l'Agrobotany à Tpiszele est responsable de la collecte et de la conservation des champs et de leurs cultures des ressources génétiques végétales sur plus de cinquante ans, et elle joue un rôle central dans la conservation de la biodiversité agricole en Hongrie. La banque de gènes de Tpiszele soutient actuellement plus de 85 000 accessions de 1820 taxons. En outre, la Pannonie Seed Bank sera établie à la banque de gènes de Tpiszele pour la préservation à long terme des semences de la flore sauvages vasculaires de la région biogéographique pannonienne afin d'aider et de compléter sur place les activités de conservation des espèces. La Département de Agrobotany à Tpiszele participe activement aux programmes internationaux de conservation (par exemple un programme de coopération européenne pour la récolte des ressources génétiques ECPGR, PGR Forum, EURISCO).
Fondation EuroNatur
www.euronatur.org
La Fondation Eu roNatur est un organisme sans but lucratif situé en Allemagne, qui défend la cause de la conservation du patrimoine naturel européen sur de nombreux niveaux différents, par exemple via des projets de protection spéciale des espèces, des mesures de renaturation et de protection des sites ainsi que des activités de lobbying politique ou l'éducation environnementale . Les projets d'EuroNatur sont à long terme et, souvent, les projets transfrontaliers visant non seulement à la protection de la nature, mais aussi à un développement écologique des zones rurales concernées.
Good Practices for Biodiversity Inclusive Impact Assessment and Management Planning
publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7094
This document is produced for project developers and their consultants responsible for preparing Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs). It summarizes "good practices" for biodiversity inclusive impact assessment and management planning in ESIAs. The document is based on a review and synthesis of various reports and guidance documents from multi-lateral finance institutions (MFIs), government regulators, industry associations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It is not intended to replace ESIA guidance, but rather to supplement it where biodiversity is not adequately covered. This document is a companion to Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability
www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/c8f524004a73daeca09afdf998895a12
/IFC_Performance_Standards.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
The Performance Standards are directed towards IFC clients, providing guidance on how to identify risks and impacts, and are designed to help avoid, mitigate, and manage risks and impacts as a way of doing business in a sustainable way, including stakeholder engagement and disclosure obligations of the client in relation to project-level activities. The Performance Standards may also be applied by other financial institutions. There are eight performance standards relating to: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts; Labor and Working Conditions; Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention; Community Health, Safety, and Security Performance Standard; Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement; Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources Performance; Indigenous Peoples; and Cultural Heritage.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Institut mondial pour la nature/World Institute for Nature (WIN)
worldnatureinstitute.org
L' Institut mondial pour la nature (WIN) est une fiducie publique établie en vertu de la loi de Bombay Public Trust, 1950 (Reg. No. E/5081). WIN a commencé ses opérations le 1er Janvier 2008.WIN vise à promouvoir l'exploration, la compréhension, la conservation et l'utilisation durable des ressources biologiques du monde par sa compréhension holistique, d'évaluation et de prévision.WIN tend à entreprendre des activités allant de l'anthropologie à la zoologie, de l'économie à la sociologie et la politique à la culture.
Subject(s): Utilisation durable de la biodiversité; Biodiversité pour le développement
IUCN Business and Biodiversity
www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business
The Global Business and Biodiversity Programme was established in 2003 to influence and support private partners in addressing environmental and social issues. The Programme's key priority, based on a strategy approved by the IUCN Council, is to engage the business sectors that have a significant impact on natural resources and livelihoods. These include: large 'footprint' industries such as mining and oil and gas; biodiversity-dependent industries including fishing, agriculture and forestry; and, financial services and “green” enterprises such as organic farming, renewable energy and nature-based tourism. IUCN seeks to build an action-based relationship with business that goes beyond Corporate Social Responsibility obligations, addressing the root causes of environmental degradation. The Global Business and Biodiversity Programme provides a wide range of expertise. It builds bridges between stakeholders, carries out independent scientific assessments, and develops conservation policy standards and tools. IUCN's Business Engagement Strategy and its related Operational Guidelines help outline and monitor IUCN’s engagements.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
www.iucnredlist.org
La Liste rouge de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN), (en anglais IUCN Red List) créée en 1963, constitue l'inventaire mondial le plus complet de l'état de conservation global des espèces végétales et animales.
Subject(s): Espèces exotiques envahissantes; Entreprises et biodiversité
l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature
www.iucn.org
L'UICN, l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature trouve des solutions pragmatiques à notre environnement. Il soutient la recherche scientifique, gère des projets de terrain dans le monde entier avec les gouvernements, les organisations non gouvernementales, les organismes des Nations Unies, les entreprises, les collectivités locales afin d'élaborer et de mettre en œuvre des politiques, des lois et les meilleures pratiques.
Subject(s): Article 8(j): Connaissances, innovations et pratiques traditionnelles; Espèces menacées d'extinction; Aires protégées / Conservation in-situ; Biodiversité des eaux intérieures; Espèces exotiques envahissantes; Biodiversité des zones marines et côtières; Biodiversité des forêts; Biodiversité des terres arides et subhumides; Entreprises et biodiversité
La Société internationale pour la faune et la nature (SWAN)/The Society for Wildlife and Nature (SWAN) International
www.swan.org.tw/eng/index.htm
La Société pour la faune et la nature (SWAN) Internationale est un organisme sans but lucratif, organisation non gouvernementale, fondée en 1982 à Taïwan par des chercheurs, législateurs, entrepreneurs, étudiants et amoureux de la nature qui partageaient un intérêt aigu pour la faune et l'environnement naturel. SWAN a commencé en tant qu'organisation, se concentrant principalement sur les questions de conservation à Taïwan. Cependant, avec sa participation croissante dans les activités internationales de conservation, Swan a créé des sections dans plusieurs pays depuis 1990, et est devenue une organisation internationale dédiée à la conservation dans le monde.
L'Institut Rand pour la politique et l'éducation-(The Rand Institute for Policy and Education)
www.randinstitute.webs.com
The Rand Institute for Policy and Education popularly known as the Rand Institute formerly ‘The Uranga Entity Institute’ an independent public policy research centre which promotes the view that innovation, culture and ecology are an integral part of environment sustainability as well as being crucial to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Rand Institute carries out its activities through advocacy, training, policy formulation, legal advisory and information dissemination.
Natural Capital Coalition
www.naturalcapitalcoalition.org
Overall Mandate: The Natural Capital Coalition is a global multi-stakeholder, open source platform supporting the development of methods for natural and social capital valuation in business. Its founding organizations and supporters include: the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), H.R.H The Prince of Wales’ Accounting for Sustainability Project, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), WWF-UK, the Economic Development Board of Singapore, Conservation International, the Global Reporting Initiative, Global Initiatives, and the World Bank. In addition there are a wide variety of members and observers from business, associations, and other related stakeholders.
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Business and Biodiversity Program: The Coalition’s activities focus on global stakeholder engagement, focused research and development of methods for natural capital accounting. The Coalition’s founding members have pioneered much of the science and business case for natural capital valuation and accounting, providing a credible platform to take the business application of this forward. These existing activities will be built on to ensure the necessary stakeholders from business, government, support organizations, academia and NGOs inform effective and pragmatic methods. This will maximise uptake and enable the transformative change that valuing natural capital in business can bring.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Natural Capital Finance Alliance
www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org
The Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) was launched at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+ 20 Earth Summit) in 2012 by United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the UK-based non-governmental organization, Global Canopy Programme (GCP). It is a worldwide collaboration with the finance sector to integrate natural capital considerations into financial decision-making, financial products and services, and to work towards their inclusion in financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. NCPA strives to drive innovation and develop the tools required to better understand risks, pursue opportunities, and establish the foundation for sustainable long-term economic growth.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Natural Capital Hub
naturalcapitalcoalition.org/hub
The Hub contains everything that’s currently going on in the world of Natural Capital. From case studies and resources to the latest news and events, keep up to date with developments and find out how other organisations are using The Protocol and Sector Guides to take control and reduce their environmental impact. Packed with cutting edge research as well as success stories, all the tools and inspiration a company needs can be found in The Hub.
The Hub aims to provide a comprehensive view of the natural capital landscape. Work, analysis, comment and opinion on the Hub is not necessarily endorsed by the Coalition secretariat, or Coalition organizations.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Natural Capital Protocol
naturalcapitalcoalition.org/protocol
The Natural Capital Protocol is a framework designed to help generate trusted, credible, and actionable information for business managers to inform decisions. The Protocol aims to support better decisions by including how we interact with nature, or more specifically natural capital. The Protocol Framework covers four stages, “Why”, “What”, “How”, and “What Next”. Protocol Stages are further broken down into nine Steps, which contain specific questions to be answered when carrying out a natural capital assessment. The Protocol is applicable to any business sector, operating in any geography, at any organizational level. It allows you to measure, value and integrate natural capital into your existing business processes.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Natural Capital Protocol toolkit
www.naturalcapitaltoolkit.org
Developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Toolkit is an interactive database that helps business find the right tool to measure and value natural capital as they use the Natural Capital Protocol. The toolkit is updated regularly and serves as a comprehensive resource for businesses to understand their existing approaches to natural capital in the context of the Protocol framework.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Natural Infrastructure for Business (WBCSD)
www.naturalinfrastructureforbusiness.org
The aim of this platform is to strengthen the business case for investing in natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure solutions can be not only cost-efficient and reduce a company’s risk exposure, but also have compelling co-benefits to society and the environment.
The platform contains:
- The business case for investing in natural infrastructure
- Case studies from different industries leveraging various ecosystem services
- Decision-making tools, including a cost-benefit analysis tool
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Performance Standard 6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content
...rmance-standards/ps6
Performance Standard 6 recognizes that protecting and conserving biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem services, and sustainably managing living natural resources are fundamental to sustainable development. The requirements set out in this Performance Standard have been guided by the Convention on Biological Diversity, which defines biodiversity as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. The applicability of this Performance Standard is established during the environmental and social risks and impacts identification process. The implementation of the actions necessary to meet the requirements of this Performance Standard is managed through the client’s Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), the elements of which are outlined in Performance Standard 1.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Principles for Responsible Investment
www.unpri.org
The Principles for Responsible Investment were developed by an international group of institutional investors reflecting the increasing relevance of environmental, social and corporate governance issues to investment practices. The process was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General. In signing the Principles, investors publicly commit to adopt and implement them, where consistent with fiduciary responsibilities.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
Programme régional océanien de l'environnement (PROE)
www.sprep.org
Le Programme régional océanien de l'environnement (PROE) est une organisation intergouvernementale chargée de promouvoir la coopération, d'appuyer les efforts de protection et d'amélioration de l'environnement des pays et territoires insulaires océaniens et de favoriser son développement durable.
Subject(s): Biodiversité des zones marines et côtières; Coopération et partenariats; Biodiversité des eaux intérieures
Resource Investment Optimization System (RIOS) - Natural Capital Project
www.naturalcapitalproject.org/software/#rios
RIOS supports the design of cost-effective investments in watershed services. The Resource Investment Optimization System (RIOS) provides a standardized, science-based approach to watershed management in contexts throughout the world. It combines biophysical, social, and economic data to help users identify the best locations for protection and restoration activities to maximize the ecological return on investment, within the bounds of what is socially and politically feasible.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Central Framework
unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting
/seeaRev/SEEA_CF_Final_en.pdf
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Central Framework
(SEEA Central Framework) is a statistical framework consisting of a comprehensive set of
tables and accounts, which guides the compilation of consistent and comparable statistics
and indicators for policymaking, analysis and research. It has been produced and is released
under the auspices of the United Nations, the European Commission, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. The SEEA-Central
Framework reflects the evolving needs of its users, new developments in environmentaleconomic
accounting and advances in methodological research.
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Experimental Ecosystem Accounting
unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting
/seeaRev/eea_final_en.pdf
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Experimental Ecosystem
Accounting (SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting) presents initial efforts to define a
measurement framework for integrating biophysical data, tracking changes in ecosystems and
linking those changes to economic and other human activity. It applies the accounting concepts
and rules to the emerging field of ecosystem assessment and measurement in response to
a wide range of demands for integrated information related to environmental sustainability,
human well-being, and economic growth and development. SEEA Experimental Ecosystem
Accounting has been produced and is released under the auspices of the United Nations, the
European Commission, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Bank Group. SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting complements the conceptual framework
and accounts presented in the international statistical standard for environmental-economic
accounting, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Central Framework
(SEEA Central Framework).
Subject(s): Entreprises et biodiversité