Posters
Come meet the poster presenters to ask them questions and discuss their work
We would like to invite you to come and see the posters at our upcoming conference. The posters will showcase a diverse range of research topics, and will give delegates an opportunity to engage with the authors and learn more about their work. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or simply curious about the latest developments in your field, we believe that the posters will offer something of interest to everyone. So please join us at the conference and take advantage of this opportunity to learn and engage with your peers in industry and the academic community.
On 9 April at 17:15, we’ll also hold the main poster session and distinguish the 7 best posters of this year’s edition with our traditional Poster Awards Ceremony. Join us at the poster area to cheer and meet the laureates, and enjoy some drinks with all poster presenters!
We look forward to seeing you there!
PO043: New industry guidance from the IUCN on biodiversity and renewable energy development
Ben Jobson, Consultant, The Biodiversity Consultancy
Abstract
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC), have published a set of industry guidance documents resulting from a two-year partnership with Fauna & Flora, BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and five energy companies - EDF Group, Eni, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies. These publications cover a range of current priority topics for biodiversity management of wind (and solar) projects. These include the provision of guidance on how to minimise impacts in the responsible production of raw minerals used in renewable energy construction, managing cumulative impacts on biodiversity, spatial planning, and opportunities for enhancing biodiversity at onshore and offshore projects The new guidelines are published at a time where the renewable energy sector faces challenges in the need to support a global transition to renewable energy whilst avoiding impacts to biodiversity and contributing to its conservation. The recently adopted Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has the overall vision of achieving full recovery of nature by 2050, and by 2030 aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss to sustain a healthy planet, whilst delivering benefits essential for human well-being and economic prosperity for all people. Beyond the mitigation and remediation of biodiversity impacts at the project level, renewable energy sector is increasingly required think more strategically about where particular technologies are deployed in relation to competing land and sea uses, and to consider cumulative impacts on biodiversity from the large-scale build-out as the sector transitions away from fossil fuels. In addition, stakeholders expectations are growing for renewable energy to contribute to the nature positive movement through measures like enhancing biodiversity at projects and tackling upstream impacts in the supply chain. This project has built on an earlier phase of work, which produced, 'Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development [https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49283]'.
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