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Promoting avoidance for conservation gains Genevieve Hayes Research Assistant, BirdLife Global Secretariat BirdLife International 7,400 120 3 11 4 Partners staff million million Million hectare members supporters of reserve Background

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Promoting avoidance for conservation gains

Genevieve Hayes

Research Assistant, BirdLife Global Secretariat

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BirdLife International

Partners

120

staff

7,400

million members

3

million supporters

11

Million hectare

f reserve

4

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Background

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Mitigation Hierarchy

Avoid

Minimise Restore Offset Offset/ACA Net Positive Impact No Net Loss Biodiversity Impact Positive Negative

Net Impact

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Outline

Spatial avoidance Temporal avoidance Design avoidance Conclusions

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Migratory Soaring Bird Sensitivity Mapping Tool

tinyurl.com/MSBmap

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Toolkit for Ecosystem Services Site-based

Assessment (TESSA)

Policy Action Identified

World A: Without Action World B: With Action

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Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool

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Biodiversity Risk and Opportunities Assessment

(BROA)

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Spatial Avoidance

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eDNA – genetic avoidance

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Temporal Avoidance

http://www.banktrack.org/show/picpages/sakhalin_ii_oil_a nd_gas_project

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Design Avoidance

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Conclusions

Wide range of tools and technology available Essential that they are used at earliest possible stage of project planning to ensure maximum avoidance potential Collaboration and capacity building are needed to improve data availability and quality

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Any questions? With thanks to Samir Whitaker (BirdLife) and the partners of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative funded project Email: genevieve.hayes@birdlife.org Twitter: @GenevieveHayes