Working for Biodiversity Net Gain Session 4 Government Road Map - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Session 4

Paris 27 November 2018

Government Road Map

Working for Biodiversity Net Gain

Why a roadmap? Systems evolve over many years.

1989 – Regulation of native vegetation clearing

• An end to large scale clearing. However offsetting was

sporadic and unquantified 1998 – Biodiversity mapping

• Extant vegetation, 1750 vegetation, bioregions, threatened
• species. Provided state-wide information base

2000 – Auction-based incentive program – BushTender

• Introduced site assessment, landowner agreements.

Development of key techniques outside regulatory environment 2002 – Policy - the Native Vegetation Management Framework

• No net loss, like-for-like, metrics. However developers found

it hard to find their offsets 2007 – Offset market based on credit trading

• Third party suppliers, brokers, credit register

2013-17 – Revisions to like for like, information base

Example: Evolution of offsetting in Victoria

Victoria 1750 Victoria 2018

What does the document cover? Part 1: Why should a government plan for Biodiversity Net Gain, and what’s at stake? Part 2: How can we develop policy for achieving Biodiversity Net Gain and put it into practice in our country?  Phases of planning for BNG & principal elements

• f a national system

 Benefitting from lessons from the past  Elements of a roadmap Backed by Technical Notes

The BBOP Government Roadmap, 2018

Supporting information: Technical notes

 Phases of planning for biodiversity net gain  Elements of a roadmap  Benefitting from lessons from the past

introduction to core roadmap concepts

Analysis

• “SWOT”, options and gaps
• Establish risks & opportunities, strengths & weaknesses; identify policy options with

their advantages, disadvantages and needs; analyse gaps; assess likely losses and feasibly gains over 20+ years; involve stakeholders; select preferred policy option

Building blocks

• Framework with data, capacity and supply of offsets
• Put in place the policy framework, gather data, build information systems and capacity

for the initial BNG/NNL system

• Line up supply of offsets ready for launch.
• Start any pilot projects.

Launch

• System in operation
• Government administers the system, monitoring and evaluating individual projects and

their cumulative progress in achieving the overall policy goals.

• Developers must comply with any requirements.

Evolution

• Adapting the system
• Broader scope
• Build capacity and data
• Adaptive management based on monitoring & evaluation against policy goals.

The four stages

The four elements

 Law & policy: principles that underpin BNG/NNL; statement of policy itself (including whether mandatory or voluntary); biodiversity targets; how policy established (e.g. through a legal requirement supplemented by guidelines); scope and limits of the policy  Supporting measures:  guidelines that spell out the policy and any associated regulations  underlying information needed to apply them  standards, agreements and management plans  financial arrangements  Governance & planning: coordination between different branches of government; integration of BNG/NNL into land-use (& marine) planning & other policies; assessment; oversight, monitoring and enforcement.  Capacity building & partnerships (including pilot projects): building capacity of government, consultants and NGOs, companies and investors, and offset providers and brokers.

The roadmap table

The Table integrates:

• the four stages &
• the four elements

Lessons for success with mitigation

• Clear goals and targets for biodiversity outcomes
• Improve the application of the entire mitigation hierarchy
• Clear, consistent guidance, for certainty and to avoid delays. Remove perverse and conflicting policy signals. Clear

roles for national, state and local government and ensure good coordination between government departments.

• Adequate monitoring of performance and enforcement of commitments, with adequate budgetary provision for

them and good governance mechanisms.

• Clear principles and standards for mitigation measures (including offsets).
• Legal and financial instruments available to secure long-term implementation.
• Plan proportionate approaches, e.g. streamlined procedures. Simple baseline studies and metrics for the least

significant impacts on biodiversity. Full assessments with more sophisticated metrics for more significant impacts.

• Realistic roadmap to develop the BNG/NNL system. Prepare for implementation of the system (including checking

there will be adequate supply of offsets) during the policy development phase.

• Good baseline data, mapping and landscape level planning.
• Select good methods and avoid those that don’t deliver (e.g. poor metrics).
• Support flexibility by allowing options for implementation of mitigation, provided the same standards are met.
• Help parties who need to find each other (e.g. those who need offsets and potential providers of offsets).

Using the BBOP roadmap for government can help:  Assess feasibility of policy options  Assess needs (laws, guidelines, institutions, data, capacity building)  Make realistic plans to improve mitigation over time  Implement plans in orderly, systematic and predictable way  Avoid mistakes of the past!  Benefit from lessons learned and experiences worldwide

 Using the roadmap can help

Paris 27 November 2018

Thank You

Working for Biodiversity Net Gain