Guidance for Assessing and Managing Biodiversity Impacts and Risks in Inter-American Development Bank Supported Operations
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Nov 2015
Subject
Environmental Impact;
Biodiversity Conservation;
Protected Area;
Ecosystem Service;
Impact Evaluation;
Environmental Assessment
JEL code
Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth;
N56 - Latin America • Caribbean;
Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services • Biodiversity Conservation • Bioeconomics • Industrial Ecology
Category
Technical Notes
The purpose of this document is to provide clients-borrowers, project sponsors, and executing agencies-of the Inter-American Development Bank with guidance, in accord with Bank safeguard policies, to address the impacts of projects and programs on biodiversity. This document is a work in progress based on the safeguard policies of the Bank and best practices in the assessment and management of the impacts of development on biodiversity; it is a dynamic document that will be updated based on experiences in implementation.
