IntegratingBiodiversityintoEnvironmentalandSocial-EBI.PDFVIP

Integrating Biodiversity into Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Processes The Energy Biodiversity Initiative TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1. USING THIS DOCUMENT 3 2. BACKGROUND 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 “Standard” ESIAs and biodiversity 6 3. INTEGRATION OF BIODIVERSITY INTO THE ESIA PROCESS10 3.1 Introduction10 3.2 Stakeholder engagement on biodiversity issues 12 3.3 Estimation of secondary and cumulative impacts 13 3.4 Identification of alternatives 14 3.5 Screening 14 3.6 Scoping 14 3.7 Baseline establishment 16 3.8 Evaluation (impact analysis 16 3.8.1 Introduction16 3.8.2 Impact levels 18 3.8.3 Potential impacts 18 3.8.4 Assessing impacts19 3.9 Development of mitigation options and implementation20 3.10 Monitoring and adaptation 22 3.11 Challenges and opportunities associated with divestiture 22 APPENDIX 1. Biodiversity Status Report 24 FIGURE 1. The lifecycle of upstream oil and gas operations 3 FIGURE 2. Overview of the principal steps of an ESIA relevant to biodiversity 7 FIGURE 3. Interaction between the environmental and social “worlds” 11 TABLE 1. Summarized biodiversity impacts 7 BOX 1. Why is biodiversity important to people’s livelihoods? 8