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Countdown 2010:Take action to save biodiversity!

András KroloppDeputy HeadCountdown 2010 [email protected]


Biodiversity is in decline


The 2010 Biodiversity Target

“that biodiversity decline should be halted with the aim of reaching this objective by 2010“

Presidency Conclusions of the EU Summit in Göteborg, 2001

“to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a

contribution to poverty alleviation and to the

benefit of all life on earth”

Decision VI/26 CBD Strategic Plan 2002


What is Countdown 2010?

A powerful network of active partners working together to reach the 2010 biodiversity target


Biodiversity and Business

Biodiversity refers to “the variability among living organisms from all sources … and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems” (Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 2).

Ecosystems Businesses depend on ecosystem services, notably for regenerative and waste assimilation capacities

Species Business activities impact – both positively and negatively – a vast array of species. Some sectors depend directly on wild plants and animals for their production processes

Genes The private sector plays a dominant role in the commercial use of genetic resources and their derivatives


Millennium Ecosystem Assessment:Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry

1. Ecosystem services that are freely available today will cease to be available or become more costly

2. Loss of ecosystem services will affect conditions in which businesses operate:

• customer preferences• shareholder expectations• regulatory regimes• availability of finance and insurance

3. New business opportunities will emerge as demand grows for more efficient or different ways to use ecosystem services, mitigate impacts or track or trade services


C2010 Approach to Private Sector

• Corporate Engagement is Key to Transforming Markets and Promoting Sector Shifts to Sustainability

• No such thing as Zero Risk. Aim to maximize opportunities and manage risk

• Creative, Proactive engagement offers a powerful means for achieving 2010 target


Workshop ABiodiversity-related

responsibility schemes Corporate social

responsibility Strategic environmental

assessment Social and environmental

accreditation and labelling schemes

Socially responsible investment

Corporate philanthropy Environmental

Management and Audit Scheme

Workshop BBusiness-related

biodiversity indicators Corporate biodiversity

assessments Industry-wide

biodiversity assessments

Landscape-level biodiversity indicators

Accountability and reporting

Workshop CMarkets for biodiversity

goods and services Biodiversity-friendly

agriculture Biodiversity-friendly

forestry and non-timber forest products

Biodiversity-friendly fisheries and aquaculture

Biodiversity-friendly carbon

Biodiversity-friendly watershed services

Biodiversity offsets Biodiversity

management services Biodiversity-friendly

tourism and recreational hunting and fishing

Workshop DBusiness and biodiversity

partnerships BEBOP FSC MSC IFOAM MAC MMSD (Luke Danielson) ECNC, Banking Initiative Katoomba Group

(Michael Jenkins) Earthwatch Institute

(Europe)’s Corporate Environmental Responsibility Group

WWF’s business and industry programmes in Europe

FFI’s business partnerships

Lisbon Conference on Business and Biodiversity


The Message from Lisbon

A Message from Lisbon was released calling on business, governments, the EU and NGOs to:

• Continue raising awareness of the strong competitive advantage companies can gain from conserving biodiversity;

• Promote the use of market, corporate responsibility and regulatory schemes;

• Support business with operational tools for biodiversity conservation and measuring their performance in meaningful ways, especially in small and medium sized companies; and

• Encourage new incentives to develop and strengthen partnerships between companies, governments at all levels, NGOs and academia.


The Business Case is changing

Expectations are rising

• Regulation and policy intervention growing

• Liability and investment risk reviews

• Many constituencies expect business to improve performance in biodiversity issue management

Trust is also growing

• Business/NGO partnerships are more common and mature

• Capacity and policy in business is developing rapidly


Can we lean back and relax?

• ECO-tax

• Efficiency

• Environmental investment

• …


Waste water Treatment and Sustainable Development

On site benefitDecreasing ground water pollution

End of life cycle

Construction phase Waste

Operation phaseReversible and irreversible impact of construction(sewage system and plant) Energy use and emission

of construction work

Energy and material need

Natural resources need

Mining and processing construction materials

Energy

Environmental pressures

Consumer pays

ProfitOperation cost

Investment costTaxes

State revenues

Growth

Sludge

Into the soil Composting Burning

Transport and energy

emissionDangerous substances Energy emission


Pay attention!!!““Sustainable” tourism - Sustainable” tourism -

implementationimplementation

• Ecological footprint…– Carbon– Water– Waste– Light– Carrying capacity– Money for “development”

Afforestation projects under Clean Afforestation projects under Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto)Development Mechanism (Kyoto)

• Buying credits through plantation– Biodiversity– Invasive and alien– Landscape

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