Biodiversityandresponsible
sourcingforwindandsolar
developments
Anoverviewandactionagenda
ClaireFletcher,LeonBennun,BenJobson,LauraSonter,
LucyMurrell,RachelAsante-Owusu,QiulinLiu
INTERNATIONALUNIONFORCONSERVATIONOFNATURE
AboutIUCN
IUCNisamembershipUnionuniquelycomposedofbothgovernmentandcivilsociety
organisations.Itprovidespublic,privateandnon-governmentalorganisationswiththe
knowledgeandtoolsthatenablehumanprogress,economicdevelopmentandnature
conservationtotakeplacetogether.
Createdin1948,IUCNisnowtheworld’slargestandmostdiverseenvironmentalnetwork,
harnessingtheknowledge,resourcesandreachofmorethan1,400Memberorganisations
andaround17,000experts.Itisaleadingproviderofconservationdata,assessments
andanalysis.ItsbroadmembershipenablesIUCNtofilltheroleofincubatorandtrusted
repositoryofbestpractices,toolsandinternationalstandards.
IUCNprovidesaneutralspaceinwhichdiversestakeholdersincludinggovernments,
NGOs,scientists,businesses,localcommunities,IndigenousPeoplesOrganisationsand
otherscanworktogethertoforgeandimplementsolutionstoenvironmentalchallenges
andachievesustainabledevelopment.Workingwithmanypartnersandsupporters,IUCN
implementsalargeanddiverseportfolioofconservationprojectsworldwide.Combining
thelatestsciencewiththetraditionalknowledgeoflocalcommunities,theseprojectswork
toreversehabitatloss,restoreecosystemsandimprovepeople’swell-being.
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AboutTheBiodiversityConsultancy
TheBiodiversityConsultancyisaspecialistconsultancyinbiodiversityriskmanagement.
Weworkwithsector-leadingclientstointegratenatureintobusinessdecision-making
anddesignpracticalenvironmentalsolutionsthatdelivernature-positiveoutcomes.We
providetechnicalandpolicyexpertisetomanagebiodiversityimpactsataprojectleveland
enablepurp