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Title slide Countdown 2010: Take action to save biodiversity! András Krolopp Deputy Head Countdown 2010 Secretariat [email protected] Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net Biodiversity is in decline Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net 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 Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net What is Countdown 2010? A powerful network of active partners working together to reach the 2010 biodiversity target Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net 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 Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net 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 Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net 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 Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net Lisbon Conference on Business and Biodiversity Workshop A Biodiversity-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 Save Biodiversity! Workshop B Business-related biodiversity indicators Corporate biodiversity assessments Industry-wide biodiversity assessments Landscape-level biodiversity indicators Accountability and reporting Workshop C Markets for biodiversity goods and services Biodiversity-friendly agriculture Biodiversity-friendly forestry and nontimber 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 D Business 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 www.countdown2010.net 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. Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net 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 Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net Can we lean back and relax? • ECO-tax • Efficiency • Environmental investment • … Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net Waste water Treatment and Sustainable Development On site benefit Decreasing ground water pollution End of life cycle Construction phase Waste Operation phase Reversible and irreversible impact of construction Energy and material need Energy use and emission of construction work (sewage system and plant) Natural resources need Consumer pays Energy Mining and processing construction materials Profit Operation cost Environmental pressures Investment cost Taxes Sludge Into the soil Composting Burning Transport and energy Dangerous substances Energy emission State revenues Growth emission Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net Pay attention!!! “Sustainable” tourism implementation • Ecological footprint… – – – – – – Carbon Water Waste Light Carrying capacity Money for “development” Afforestation projects under Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto) • Buying credits through plantation – Biodiversity – Invasive and alien – Landscape Save Biodiversity! www.countdown2010.net