Bringing together the oil and gas industry on global, environmental and social issues   Home About IPIECA Focus Areas IPIECA Library Events Biodiversity Working Group (BDWG)   About the Group   The Issue   BDWG Publications   Workshops   Interaction with UN   Other Activities   Case studies   Members' area Username: Password: Home > Focus Areas > Biodiversity: About the BDWG About the BDWG download working group brochure IPIECA has been addressing biodiversity issues since 1992, and in 2002 formed a joint industry Biodiversity Working Group (BDWG) with the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP). Overall co-ordination of the group lies with IPIECA. The IPIECA-OGP Biodiversity Working Group is an international oil and gas forum fostering improved industry management of biodiversity impacts and positive engagement on biodiversity conservation goals. BDWG News Impact Assessment, Biodiversity and the Extractive Industries Workshop, 24-26 March 2009, Beijing China - Workshop report now available! Case Study: Satellite imagery for monitoring and sustainability reporting in Canada’s Oil Sands BDWG guide to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Brochure: An Ecosystem Approach to Oil and Gas Industry Biodiversity Conservation