Skip to content
Group 97 Group 98
  • About
    • About GSAP
    • About GSAP SKILLS
    • Partners
  • GBF Targets & Actions
    • GBF Targets & Actions
    • GBF Actors
  • News & Events
  • Menu
    • Taking action
    • Contact Us
    • Featured Content
    • Tech4Species
  • Knowledge HUB
  • Menu
    • Taking action
    • Contact Us
    • Featured Content
    • Tech4Species

Actions

Action 14.2
  • Home
  • Target 14
  • Action 14.1

14.1. Incorporate species values into whole-government policy and national accounting systems.

Primary tools and resources

View all

Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produced  Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development for biodiversity policymakers and practitioners in developed and developing countries, as well as development co-operation agencies and other national ministries. The report highlights examples of good practice and remaining challenges in four key areas: mainstreaming biodiversity at national level; mainstreaming biodiversity in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors; development co-operation and biodiversity mainstreaming; and monitoring and evaluating biodiversity mainstreaming. Examples and insights are included from 16 predominantly megadiverse countries which span the full range from high-income to lower-income economies. The national level entry point for biodiversity mainstreaming is important and elements to encourage mainstreaming and its implementation in practice across relevant national plans and strategies.

How to use

The policy highlights report can be downloaded at: https://www.oecd.org/environment/resources/Policy-Highlights-Mainstreaming-Biodiversity-for-Sustainable-Development.pdf

Further information on the OECD is available at: https://www.oecd.org/

View all

Other tools and resources

View all

Targeting Natural Resource Corruption Knowledge Hub

Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) is a USAID-funded project to improve biodiversity outcomes by equipping practitioners to address the threats posed by corruption to wildlife, fisheries, and forests. It does this through three Strategic Approaches

USAID’s Knowledge Success “20 Essential Resources: Population, Health & Environment” and Population Health & Environment Toolkits

Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) is an integrated communitybased approach that recognizes the relationships between people’s health an d the environment. This multisectoral approach strives to improve voluntary family planning and reproduct ive health care and conservation and natural resource management within th e communities living in ecologically rich areas of our globe.

Access to voluntary family planning enables couples to decide whether, when , and how many children to have, resulting in healthier women, children, and communities. Along with increased access to education, family planning can also contribute to slowing population growth and therefore may lessen press ure on natural resources. The PHE approach also encourages communities to engage in sustainable practices to preserve their ecosystems.

Population Reference Bureau’s resources and training

PRB applies our data, research, analysis, and communications expertise to a variety of policy-relevant areas of focus. Our mission is to improve the well-being of current and future generations worldwide by supporting evidence-based approaches to social policies and programs.

IUCN SSC & CEESP Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, is the only global membership union composed of both government and civil society organisations. The Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force is the first and only IUCN entity focussed exclusively on the connections between reproductive and environmental health. We are the IUCN Task Force with the greatest emphasis on human health. Our work is critically important because environmental and human health are inextricably linked.

WCC 2020 Res 072 “Importance for the conservation of nature of removing barriers to rights-based voluntary family planning”

View all

Solutions and case studies

View all

Better Alliances, Better Forests

Reforestamos México developed a solution that allows Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) located near big cities to become a center point that brings alliances, hands and financial resources together in order to plant trees in degraded forests, improve the livelihood of local communities and increase forest awareness among urban people, which derives in better private and public political will to develop initiatives for the benefit of protected and unprotected forests.

A model of trust building: private sector and communities tackling environmental issues

IUCN in Jordan and the global power company AES Levant are working together to engage stakeholders in seeking solutions to environmental issues affecting the area to the east of the capital Amman, such as to biodiversity degradation and environmental pollution in an area that are witnessing rapid land use changes towards a more industrialized uses . The project brings together private sector, governmental institutions, environmental experts and local communities in a unique initiative, creating a model that can encourage other private companies to help communities with environmental planning on a local level.

UN Environment’s TEEBAgriFood – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food Initiative

The TEEBAgriFood Initiative developed a unique comprehensive evaluation framework which allows assessing of impacts and externalities of agriculture and food systems – the environmental, health, social and cultural externalities, both positive and negative, and across value chains. It builds and illustrates the case for “systems” instead of “silo” thinking. This holistic approach of ‘true cost accounting’ allows decision makers to better compare different policies and the market to value agriculture and food more accurately. Thereby TEEBAgriFood will help to overcome barriers and effectively upscale agroecology and lead to more equitable agriculture and food systems. For its comprehensive approach providing opportunities to contribute to the majority of the SDGs and offering an effective system of ‘true cost accounting’, TEEBAgriFood was recognized with the Future Policy Vision Award 2018, awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with FAO and IFOAM – Organics International.

New protocol to help industry generate a positive impact on biodiversity

 Industries such as mining, forestry, and oil and gas have been trying for years to minimise their environmental and social impacts, but there is a growing expectation from civil society, regulators and investors that companies not only ‘do no harm’, but also make a positive contribution to the environment and society.

 

In many companies, projects follow procedures to avoid or minimise biodiversity impacts and restore biodiversity or offset impacts when these are unavoidable. This framework, known as the mitigation hierarchy, is increasingly used by companies and governments to improve environmental management and contribute to a net positive impact (NPI) or biodiversity net gain (BNG).

 

Following a NPI commitment by the mining company Rio Tinto, IUCN worked with the company to develop and trial a review protocol that could track its progress towards reaching NPI at an operational level. This protocol was tested at Rio Tinto operations in Australia, Mongolia and Madagascar.

Protected Area management on private islands: innovate finance examples from Denis and North Islands, Seychelles

Green Islands Foundation, with support from the Government of Seychelles – UNDP-GEF Protected Area Finance project, has developed and implemented sustainable financing solutions for proposed protected areas on two private islands, Denis and North Islands, in Seychelles.

 

These will be the first private island reserves in Seychelles and, through the project, the islands will trial and implement novel long term sustainable financing mechanisms to fund setting up, management, policing and research at these reserves.

 

Steps are underway to proclaim the surrounding waters around North Island and Denis Island as marine reserves, ensuring their inclusion within the national protected area network. Island owners are dedicated to take the lead in monitoring and enforcing these new protected areas in collaboration with selected NGOs and with assistance of Seychelles government.

Bringing business and conservation actors together in a convivial café space

Eco-Benin believes that business is a key determinant of the usage of natural resources; in 2018, it created a multi-stakeholder platform to motivate business to address its impacts on nature and people. The CSR Café initiative, a periodic event, offers a space for dialogue with NGOs, businesses, and State actors. NGOs help businesses realise their impacts and dependencies on nature, and stress their responsibilities and need for action. Businesses exchange with NGOs on how the latter can support them, present their successful CSR activities, and make commitments to sustainability. For instance, Eco-Benin discussed marine pollution with the Beninese brewery company, SOBEBRA. CSR Café seeks to become a hub where involved actors can find opportunities, inspiration, and expertise for CSR activities. All stakeholders, including State representatives and the public at times, jointly determine the vision, solutions, and actions for this initiative. Ultimately, this led to the Beninese government adopting the CSR Charter.

Tourism as a driver for change

The Public Use and Recreation Program (PURP) addresses the problem of destructive recreational activities in Cabo Pulmo National Park. The Program provides guidelines to local tour operators to reduce negative impacts of tourism activities on the Parks’ habitats and ensures their economic sustainability. As a result limits on water sports practiced in the Park are set, which dramatically reduces the impacts on the reefs resulting from these activities.

Biodiversity Tax Incentives For South Africa’s Protected Area Network

South Africa identified protected area expansion as a key tool to ensuring the persistence of its biodiversity and ecosystems essential for its people and economy. Approximately 75% of South Africa is held in private ownership. Landowners bear the responsibility of managing protected areas and face financial commitments as a result. The Fiscal Benefits Project was launched to test biodiversity tax incentives as a financial benefit for landowners declaring protected areas. This began with the introduction of a new tax incentive into legislation. The impact of the incentive was tested at pilot sites across the country, resulting in the successful inclusion of the tax break in a tax return. This has paved the way for other privately owned protected areas to receive financial recognition and ensure the continued governance and management of South Africa’s protected areas, utilising building blocks of policy and grassroots engagement, niche expertise and a supportive community of practice.

Integrated protection of the cultural and natural heritage of the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

The Kayas and the sacred forests of the Mijikenda community are a unique place for the conservation of botanical species endemic of the East African coastal forests and they considered as the carriers of group identity due to their status as sacred places and home to the Mijikenda.

The solution focuses on preserving the natural environment surrounding the Kayas through the continuation of a management approach based on the traditional knowledge of the Mijikenda and the principles of self-restrain supervised by spiritual leaders and the Council of Elders (Kambi). The protection of these outstanding sites is further supported by the National Museums of Kenya which protects the sites at the institutional and legal levels.

This unique connection of nature, culture and sacredness has led to the inscription of the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests in the World Heritage List and the Mijikenda traditions and practices on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Coastal Capital: Economic Valuation of Belize’s Reefs and Mangroves

“Coastal Capital: Belize” addresses threats to Belize’s coastal ecosystems such as unchecked coastal and tourism development and overfishing – by assessing the contribution of reef- and mangrove-associated tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection services to Belize’s economy. Our results were used to justify new fishing regulations, a successful damage claim against a ship that ran aground on the Belize Barrier Reef, and a ban on offshore oil drilling.

View all

Actors

Governments

National governments

Private sector and financial institutions

Business sector

Donor governments, multilateral donors, and the philanthropic community

Technologies

View all

Internet of Things (IoT)

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Metaverse

Gamification

Decentralised Applications (DApps)

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs)

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Acoustic Monitoring

Camera Traps

View all

Seed Partners

Logo-3
Frame 1597884785

GSAP SKILLS

Global Species Action Plan – Species Conservation Knowledge, Information, Learning, Leverage and Sharing Online Knowledge Platform

Socials

Useful links

  • About GSAP
  • About GSAP SKILLS
  • Featured Content
  • GBF Targets & Actions
  • Tech4Species
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Copyright © 2025. All Rights Reserved.

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in .

Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!

Additional Cookies

This website uses the following additional cookies:

(List the cookies that you are using on the website here.)

Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!