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LIFE INSTITUTE AND LIFE
CERTIFICATION
13th RedLAC Assembly
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LIFE LOGO
 The logo was inspired by the concept of
the Pale Blue Dot, authored by
astronomer Carl Sagan.
 The blue dot in the LIFE logo represents
the only known place where life is
actually possible and which demands
care.
THE CONCEPTION OF LIFE CERTIFICATION
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LIFE Certification scheme was conceived by four organizations
Fundación
AVINA
Sustainable development of
Latin America
SPVS
One of the most relevant Brazilian
non-governmental organizations
acting on behalf of nature
conservation
Fundação
Grupo Boticário
Traditional organization supporting
conservation projects
Major Brazilian graphic industry
and one of the largest in Latin
America
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LIFE INSTITUTE‘S GOVERNANCE
General
Assembly
Board of
Directors
Fiscal Council
Executive Secretariat
Technical Permanent Committee
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PARTNERS
Ministério do
Meio Ambiente
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LIFE CERTIFICATION STANDARDS AND
METHODOLOGY
LIFE CERTIFICATION – UNIQUE POINTS
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o Unique points:
 Scope: biodiversity and business
 Standards of organizational management in line with the
three CBD objectives: conservation, sustainable use and
benefit sharing
 Applicable to all sectors
 Minimum performance in conservation actions, defined in
terms of estimated impact and size of the organizations
LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT
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Public meetings in São Paulo, Rio
de Janeiro, Brasilia and Curitiba
Technical Permanent Committee
Working groups with environment and
conservation experts
Audit pilots
Training courses
LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT
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 Over 50 professionals including academics, experts, consultants and
technical staff
 17 institutions involved
 6 pilot-audits
Public meetings held
 4 capital cities
 120 participants
 54 organizations ranging from the academic and business sectors, NGOs
and government
LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT
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LIFE Certification Standards
Organizational management
• What type of biodiversity conservation actions?
• Where is it performed (biome)?
LIFE Technical
Guide
International
guidelines
Scoring system
•What species are being protected?
• How do the actions are being performed?
• Are the actions concrete, additional
and lasting for the conservation?
Enough?
Biodiversity
Conservation
Performance
LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT
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LIFE Certification Standards
LIFE Technical
Guide
Organizational management
Biodiversity Estimated
Impact Value
LIFE Technical
Guide
BEIV+ Business size
Minimum
Performance
Enough?
Biodiversity
Conservation
Performance
LIFE CERTIFICATION - METHODOLOGY
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STANDARDS
LIFE
LIFE Technical
Guide 01
LIFE Technical
Guide 02
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QUALITATIVE APPROACH
AUDITING
PROCESS
QUALITATIVE
APPROACH
LIFE
CERTIFICATION
ORGANIZATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
LIFE
QUANTITATIVE
APPROACH
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION OF
CONSERVATION
ACTIONS
LIFE Technical
Guide 01
LIFE Technical
Guide 02
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QUALITATIVE APPROACH
Compliance to the LIFE Certification
Standards
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
STANDARDS
LIFE
LIFE Technical
Guide 01
LIFE Technical
Guide 02
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Calculation of the Biodiversity
Estimated Impact Value
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value (BEIV)
CHOOSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Main causes of global biodiversity loss
2nd
3rd
Measurement
viability
Data availability
1st
4th
Relevance of
biodiversity loss
Possibility of
collecting data in
organizations of
any size and sector
Environmental
aspects for
BEIV
calculation
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Definition of the Minimum Performance
in Biodiversity Conservation Actions
Minimum scoring performance in conservation actions,
defined according to the calculation of the Biodiversity
Estimated Impact Value and business size
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Assessing and scoring of the
biodiversity conservation actions
 LIFE Technical Guide 02
Guidebook for
Strategic guidance
Evaluation
Scoring system
 5 Action Groups
 23 Themes
 55 Action indicators
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Biodiversity Conservation Actions:
• Based on technical and scientific guidelines
• More adequate and compatible with their business
• More effective for conservation and scored more highly
Protected areas
Taxa of interest for conservation
Fragments and connectivity
Mitigation of impact on
biodiversity
 Actions of global and strategic
scope for biodiversity conservation
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QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Scoring can vary depending on:
• type
•location
• species
• area...
Biomes
- Reduced remaining areas and more fragile environments
- Less reduced remaining areas and less fragile environments
Actions in Protected Areas
Creation/Maintenance of Protected Areas
- Control
- Administration
- More restrictive management
and greater potential of control
- Operationalization
- Less restrictive management
and lower potential of control
- Research
Fauna and Flora Species
Higher scoring
Immediate, significant and
lasting influence to biodiversity
conservation
- In situ actions
- Ex situ actions
- Rarer species
- Less rare species
- Biodiversity Monitoring
- More threatened species
- Restoration
- Less threatened species
- Officially created areas
Connection of fragments
- Environmental control and
sanitation
- Long, large connections with genetic flux
- External /strategic integration
- Small and narrow connections
- Large and continuous areas
- Small and fragmented areas
- Personnel capacity building
- Boarders
- Environmental Education
Minimization of impacts
- Biodiversity monitoring
- Shift in production systems
Lower scoring
- Areas non-officially created
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AUDIT PROCESS
CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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 Certifying Bodies
⌂ Auditee organizations
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WHY CERTIFY?
o You
seek to:
 obtain a market differential,
 be on the frontline,
 act at a deeper level and pursue concrete actions
 be recognized for actions you have implemented
o You have not taken any conservation actions and need guidance on
where to start implementing concrete and effective actions
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NEXT STEPS
 Accreditation of Certifying Bodies
Organizations certified
Development of a calculation tool (software)
International Expansion
NEXT STEPS
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Expansion Project
Creation of a Local Technical Committee
Adaptation of the methodology
Implementation of the LIFE Certification System
LIFE
Institute
Local
Partner
Sponsors
private companies,
governmental agencies,
Environmental Funds...
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Thank You!
Marcelo Posonski
[email protected]
+55 41 3253.7884
+55 41 9842.0808