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LIFE INSTITUTE AND LIFE CERTIFICATION

The LIFE Certification scheme promotes biodiversity conservation and organizational management aligned with CBD objectives, applicable to all sectors. The logo represents the importance of our planet as the only known place where life is possible.

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LIFE INSTITUTE AND LIFE CERTIFICATION

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  1. LIFE INSTITUTE AND LIFE CERTIFICATION 13th RedLACAssembly

  2. LIFE LOGO • The logo wasinspiredbytheconceptofthePale Blue Dot, authoredbyastronomer Carl Sagan. • The blue dot in the LIFE logo representstheonlyknownplacewherelifeisactuallypossibleandwhichdemandscare.  

  3. THE CONCEPTION OF LIFE CERTIFICATION LIFE Certificationschemewasconceivedby four organizations FundaciónAVINA SPVS OneofthemostrelevantBrazilian non-governmentalorganizationsactingonbehalfofnatureconservation SustainabledevelopmentofLatinAmerica Fundação Grupo Boticário Traditionalorganizationsupportingconservationprojects Major Brazilian graphic industry and one of the largest in Latin America

  4. LIFE INSTITUTE‘S GOVERNANCE

  5. PARTNERS Ministério do Meio Ambiente

  6. LIFE CERTIFICATION STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGY

  7. LIFE CERTIFICATION – UNIQUE POINTS • Uniquepoints: • Scope: biodiversityand business • Standards oforganizational management in linewiththethree CBD objectives: conservation, sustainable use andbenefitsharing • Applicable to allsectors • Minimum performance in conservation actions, defined in terms of estimated impact and size of the organizations

  8. LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT Public meetings in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasiliaand Curitiba Auditpilots TechnicalPermanentCommittee Working groups with environment and conservation experts Training courses

  9. LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT • Over 50 professionalsincludingacademics, experts, consultantsandtechnical staff • 17 institutionsinvolved • 6 pilot-audits • Public meetings held • 4 capital cities • 120 participants • 54 organizationsrangingfromtheacademicand business sectors, NGOsandgovernment

  10. LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT LIFE Certification Standards Organizational management International guidelines • What type of biodiversity conservation actions? LIFE Technical Guide • Where is it performed (biome)? Scoring system • What species are being protected? • How do the actions are being performed? BiodiversityConservationPerformance • Are the actions concrete, additional and lasting for the conservation? Enough?

  11. LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT LIFE Certification Standards LIFE Certification Standards LIFE Technical Guide LIFE Technical Guide Organizational management Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value LIFE Technical Guide LIFE Technical Guide BEIV+ Business size BiodiversityConservationPerformance Minimum Performance Enough?

  12. LIFE CERTIFICATION - METHODOLOGY STANDARDS LIFE LIFE TechnicalGuide 01 LIFE TechnicalGuide 02

  13. QUALITATIVE APPROACH STANDARDS LIFE LIFE TechnicalGuide 01 LIFE TechnicalGuide 02

  14. QUALITATIVE APPROACH Compliance to the LIFE Certification Standards

  15. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH STANDARDS LIFE LIFE TechnicalGuide 01 LIFE TechnicalGuide 02

  16. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH CalculationoftheBiodiversityEstimatedImpactValue

  17. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH BiodiversityEstimatedImpactValue (BEIV)

  18. CHOOSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

  19. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH DefinitionoftheMinimum Performance in BiodiversityConservationActions Minimumscoring performance in conservationactions, definedaccording to thecalculationoftheBiodiversityEstimatedImpactValueand business size

  20. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH Assessingandscoringofthebiodiversityconservationactions • Protectedareas • Taxa ofinterest for conservation • Fragmentsandconnectivity • Mitigationofimpactonbiodiversity • Actionsof global andstrategicscope for biodiversityconservation • LIFE TechnicalGuide 02 • BiodiversityConservationActions: • Basedontechnicalandscientific guidelines • More adequateandcompatiblewiththeir business • More effective for conservationandscored more highly Strategicguidance Evaluation Guidebook for Scoring system • 5 ActionGroups • 23 Themes • 55 Actionindicators

  21. QUANTITATIVE APPROACH • Scoringcanvarydependingon: • type • location • species • area... Immediate, significant and lasting influence to biodiversity conservation Higher scoring Lower scoring

  22. AUDIT PROCESS

  23. CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM  Certifying Bodies ⌂ Auditee organizations

  24. WHY CERTIFY? • Youseek to: • obtain a marketdifferential, • beonthefrontline, • actat a deeperlevelandpursueconcreteactions • berecognized for actionsyouhaveimplemented • Youhavenottakenanyconservationactionsandneedguidanceonwhere to start implementingconcreteandeffectiveactions

  25. NEXT STEPS  Accreditation of Certifying Bodies Organizations certified Development of a calculation tool (software) International Expansion

  26. NEXT STEPS Creation of a Local Technical Committee Expansion Project Adaptation of the methodology Implementation of the LIFE Certification System privatecompanies, governmental agencies, EnvironmentalFunds...

  27. Thank You! Marcelo Posonski marcelo.posonski@institutolife.org +55 41 3253.7884+55 41 9842.0808

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