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LIFE INSTITUTE AND LIFE CERTIFICATION

13th RedLAC Assembly

The logo was inspired by the concept of the Pale Blue Dot, authored by astronomer Carl Sagan.

The blue dot in the LIFE logo represents the only known place where life is actually possible and which demands care.

LIFE LOGO

THE CONCEPTION OF LIFE CERTIFICATION

LIFE Certification scheme was conceived by four organizations

Major Brazilian graphic industry and one of the largest in Latin America

Sustainable development of Latin America

Fundación AVINA

Traditional organization supporting conservation projects

Fundação Grupo Boticário

One of the most relevant Brazilian non-governmental organizations acting on behalf of nature conservation

SPVS

LIFE INSTITUTE‘S GOVERNANCE

General Assembly

Board of Directors

Fiscal Council

Executive Secretariat

Technical Permanent Committee

Ministério do Meio Ambiente

PARTNERS

LIFE CERTIFICATION STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGY

o Unique points:

Scope: biodiversity and business

Standards of organizational management in line with the three CBD objectives: conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing

Applicable to all sectors

Minimum performance in conservation actions, defined in terms of estimated impact and size of the organizations

LIFE CERTIFICATION – UNIQUE POINTS

Technical Permanent Committee

Working groups with environment and conservation experts

Public meetings in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Curitiba

Training courses

Audit pilots

LIFE CERTIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT

Over 50 professionals including academics, experts, consultants and technical staff

17 institutions involved 6 pilot-audits

Public meetings held 4 capital cities 120 participants 54 organizations ranging from the academic and business sectors, NGOs

and government


Organizational management

LIFE Certification Standards

• What type of biodiversity conservation actions?

• Where is it performed (biome)?

• How do the actions are being performed?

• What species are being protected?

• Are the actions concrete, additional and lasting for the conservation?

LIFE Technical Guide

Biodiversity ConservationPerformance

International guidelines

Scoring system

Enough?


BEIV+ Business size

Enough?


Biodiversity ConservationPerformance


MinimumPerformance




Organizational management

Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value



LIFE CERTIFICATION - METHODOLOGY

QUANTITATIVE APPROACH

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF CONSERVATION

ACTIONS

QUALITATIVE APPROACH

ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT

AUDITING PROCESS LIFE CERTIFICATION

STANDARDS LIFE

LIFE Technical Guide 01




ACTIONS




STANDARDS LIFE





Compliance to the LIFE Certification Standards



ACTIONS




STANDARDS LIFE




Calculation of the Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value


Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value (BEIV)


CHOOSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

Environmental aspects for BEIV

calculation

1st

Relevance of biodiversity loss

2nd

Measurement viability

3rd

Data availability

4th

Possibility of collecting data in organizations of any size and sector

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Main causes of global biodiversity loss

Minimum scoring performance in conservation actions, defined according to the calculation of the Biodiversity Estimated Impact Value and business size


Definition of the Minimum Performance in Biodiversity Conservation Actions

Protected areas Taxa of interest for conservation Fragments and connectivity Mitigation of impact on

biodiversity Actions of global and strategic

scope for biodiversity conservation


5 Action Groups

23 Themes

55 Action indicators

Assessing and scoring of the biodiversity conservation actions

LIFE Technical Guide 02Strategic guidance

EvaluationGuidebook for

Biodiversity Conservation Actions:• Based on technical and scientific guidelines• More adequate and compatible with their business• More effective for conservation and scored more highly

Scoring system

Scoring can vary depending on:

• type • location • species• area...

Immediate, significant and lasting influence to biodiversity conservation


Minimization of impacts

Connection of fragments

Biomes

Actions in Protected Areas

Creation/Maintenance of Protected Areas

- More restrictive management and greater potential of control

- Less restrictive management and lower potential of control

- Officially created areas

- Areas non-officially created

- Large and continuous areas

- Small and fragmented areas

- Reduced remaining areas and more fragile environments

- Less reduced remaining areas and less fragile environments

- Long, large connections with genetic flux

- Small and narrow connections

- Biodiversity monitoring

- Shift in production systems

- Control

- Administration

- Operationalization

- Research

- Biodiversity Monitoring

- Restoration

- Environmental control and sanitation

- External /strategic integration

- Personnel capacity building

- Boarders

- Environmental Education

Fauna and Flora Species

- In situ actions

- Ex situ actions

- Rarer species

- Less rare species

- More threatened species

- Less threatened species

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AUDIT PROCESS

CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Certifying Bodies

⌂ Auditee organizations

o You seek to: obtain a market differential, be on the frontline, act at a deeper level and pursue concrete actions be recognized for actions you have implemented

o You have not taken any conservation actions and need guidance on where to start implementing concrete and effective actions

WHY CERTIFY?

NEXT STEPS

Accreditation of Certifying Bodies

International Expansion

Development of a calculation tool (software)

Organizations certified

NEXT STEPS

Expansion Project Adaptation of the methodologyCreation of a Local Technical Committee

Implementation of the LIFE Certification System

private companies, governmental agencies, Environmental Funds...

LIFE Institute

SponsorsLocal Partner

Thank You!

Marcelo Posonski

[email protected]+55 41 3253.7884+55 41 9842.0808

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Documents

life logo slide

methodology slide

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qualitative approach

scoring system slide

biodiversity actions

conservation fragments

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