Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas ... - EBI

7. Benefiting Biodiversity Conservation ........................................................................................................................................................................47
7.1 Types of conservation programs .......................................................................................................................................................... 48
8. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................51
8.1 Recommendations .....................................................................................................................................................................................51
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Acronyms....................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Appendix A: Participating Companies and Organizations ....................................................................................................................................... 56
Appendix B: The Story of the EBI .................................................................................................................................................................................. 58
BOXES
Box 1: Key Organizing Questions ....................................................................................................................................................................6
Box 2: Biodiversity and Human Welfare ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Box 3: The IUCN Protected Area Management Category System ...........................................................................................................8
Box 4: Defining Areas of High Biodiversity Value .......................................................................................................................................10
Box 5: The Oil and Gas Project Lifecycle .......................................................................................................................................................13
Box 6: The Role of National Governments ....................................................................................................................................................15
Box 7: Conditions on Private Capital ..............................................................................................................................................................19
Box 8: The Importance of Risk Assessment.................................................................................................................................................22
Box 9: Corporate Biodiversity Policies ..........................................................................................................................................................25
Box 10: Potential Biodiversity Issues to be Included in Training and Awareness Programs...............................................................28
Box 11: The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement.................................................................................................................................29
Box 12: Use of the Term “Secondary” .............................................................................................................................................................34
Box 13: Introduction of Non-native Species...................................................................................................................................................35
Box 14: Restricting Development in Protected Areas................................................................................................................................. 40
Box 15: Re-routing Pipelines to Conserve Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................41
Box 16: Developing Biodiversity Indicators: A Hypothetical Example ....................................................................................................45
Box 17: Offsets vs. Opportunities .....................................................................................................................................................................47
FIGURES
Figure 1: Products of the Energy and Biodiversity Initiative ......................................................................................................................... 5
Figure 2: The Growth of Protected Areas 1872 to 2003 ..................................................................................................................................9
Figure 3: Integrating Biodiversity Considerations into Company Policy, Operations and
Management Systems: Two Possible Paths.....................................................................................................................................17
Figure 4: The ISO 14001 Management Cycle.....................................................................................................................................................23
Figure 5: The OGP Model HSEMS ........................................................................................................................................................................26
Figure 6: Overview of the Principal Stages of an ESIA Relevant to Biodiversity .....................................................................................31
Figure 7: Deforestation Along an Oil Road and Pipeline Path in Guatemala ............................................................................................ 37
Figure 8: Integrating Biodiversity into the Site Selection Process: A Decision-Support Framework ..................................................39
Figure 9: Methodology for Developing Project-level and Company-level Biodiversity Indicators .......................................................43
TABLES
Table 1: Relationship Between EBI Products and the ISO 14001 EMS Process ......................................................................................24
Table 2: Relationship Between EBI Products and the OGP HSEMS Process ..........................................................................................27
Table 3: Example Indicators ............................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Table 4: Options for Benefiting Biodiversity Conservation ........................................................................................................................ 48
Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas Development