Training objectives

	Build capacity of participants for linking biodiversity conservation and development.
	Discuss benefits of good mitigation planning for harmonizing conservation and development
	Share common understanding of traditional approaches of impact mitigation and the ground rules for following the hierarchy of mitigation options
	Review market solutions for incorporating biodiversity into business plans and decisions
	Introduce the concept of biodiversity offsets and review the prospects and challenges of its applications for benefiting biodiversity and business plans

Target group

 EIA professionals, conservation community, business groups, planners, and decision-makers, corporate environmental managers and business managers, government planners, representatives from conservation organizations, and other professionals committed to more responsible project planning through better integration of biodiversity in their business or planning decisions.