This brochure describes the elements of an ecosystem approach to biodiversity conservation. It identifies potential implementation concepts and pitfalls to avoid. It is hoped that this information will assist oil and gas companies, governments, NGOs, and other concerned stakeholders to understand concepts that may be useful in applying the ecosystem approach to biodiversity conservation in the oil and gas industry.

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The most important of the international conventions governing biodiversity is the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Decisions reached in the CBD not only flow into national legislation, but they also influence the expectations of investors, Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders when working with the business sector.

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There are two requirements for the consistently effective management of biodiversity risks in oil and gas development. The first is an awareness of the scope of appropriate biodiversity conservation actions for industry. The second is the timely identification and assessment of biodiversity risks and opportunities related to a specific project, in order to allow full consideration of these risks and opportunities during project development and implementation planning and at decision points.

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Note: Documents supplementary to this publication are available from the Secretariat.

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. BAPs are a systematic approach to biodiversity conservation that can build on, and be integrated with, existing company activities and processes throughout the oil and gas project life cycle.

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This revised publication summarises a series of case studies which describe some of the oil and gas industry's experience of operating responsibly in sensitive human and physical environments. It also includes a description of key management features.

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This report includes case studies contributed by member companies involved in the full range of activities from the wellhead to the final distribution of products. All of these upstream and downstream operations face the many challenges relating to biodiversity.

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