IFC at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)
Curitiba, Brazil from March 20-31 2006
Private Sector Guide to Biodiversity
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, the Knowledge & Innovation and the Biodiversity teams launched a Web-based guide to help companies operating in emerging markets understand, manage, and benefit from biodiversity. The launch takes place on the occasion of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. View the Biodiversity Guide...
Catherine Cassagne, head of the Biodiversity team, presented IFC's work on building a business case for biodiversity
On Monday, March 27, 2006, Catherine Cassagne addressed the Working Group on "Engagement of Private Sector" and underscored the importance of creative, market-based mechanisms to value biodiversity and best practices for biodiversity conservation. "The challenge for all of us in the business sector, the NGO community, the financial community and international organizations is to find methods to value best practice in biodiversity," she said. "This should include defining acceptable conditions and features for biodiversity offsets to be operational, and ways to promote and facilitate payments for services provided by biodiversity, allowing more people to benefit from these services and from these payments." Read the full speech...
Rachel Kyte, Director of the Environment and Social Development Department, moderated the breakfast dialogue with Ministers and business leaders
On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, Rachel Kyte moderated a high-level breakfast dialogue. She also emphasized IFC's message regarding the need for market based mechanisms to value biodiversity and to create incentives for its protection.
IFC's Biodiversity Program
A Guide to Biodiversity for the Private Sector