BBOP Workshop Summary

With support from USAID, a workshop was organized by Conservation International, as part of the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group on Monday May 4^th, 2009 to discuss biodiversity offsets and their potential as a tool for conservation in Africa. The workshop included over thirty participants from government agencies, NGO’s, development organizations and universities. The goal of the workshop was for participants to have a shared understanding of biodiversity offsets, the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP) and the successes and challenges of BBOP pilot projects and policy efforts in Africa.