Biodiversity credits are the common unit of measure for offsets in the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme and the previous BioBanking Scheme. Biodiversity credits are used to measure both: the unavoidable impacts on biodiversity from development and clearing at a development site the predicted improvement in biodiversity conditions gain at a stewardship site. The Biodiversity Assessment Method...Read More

As the Plan Vivo Foundation prepares to publish its draft biodiversity protocol on Tuesday, the first biodiversity credits issued by a major standard are rapidly approaching market readiness. During a Monday webinar, Plan Vivo analysts outlined their draft methodology for crediting biodiversity improvements, confirming that their approach will be similar to the “basket of metrics”...Read More