Training objectives and target group



Training objectives

Revisit the link between biodiversity, development and human well-being.
Promote impacts assessment as an effective planning and decision support tool for assessing impacts of development on biodiversity.
Reiterate the need to invest in managing ecosystems for responsible development.
Stimulate the importance of integrating economic and ecological valuation approaches and their applicability in valuing biodiversity.
Explore ‘how to’ navigate development that reflects greater convergence of economic security, human well being and ecological sustainability objectives.
Share a range of ecological and economic approaches for integrating biodiversity in the hierarchy of different mitigation options.


Target group

For business community, the course will help to assess business risks associated with impacts on biodiversity. For decision makers, it will help review development models that combine biodiversity conservation, profitability and sustainability. For those in the government, the course will highlight the need for making reforms in environmental governance to strengthen the sense of responsibility for encouraging green and sustainable development.