International Association for Impact Assessment

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    <h3><strong>MAY 7, 2019 – INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE UNCERTAINTY INTO DECISION-MAKING</strong></h3> <p>Our speakers for this session focused on discussing risk assessment and cost benefit approaches and methods for factoring climate change uncertainty into decision-making:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Vladimir Stenek, MBA,</strong> serves as a Senior Climate Change Specialist in the <a href="https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/corp_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/home">International Finance Corporation</a> (IFC). He is working at IFC’s Climate Business Group, where he is leading the Climate Risk and Adaptation Program, along with several other initiatives related to climate change and development. Vladimir holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from UC Berkeley, California; PUC, Santiago, Chile; and UNI, Lima, Peru.  Vlado specializes in developing climate change risk management and adaptation strategies for businesses, financial institutions and public agencies, climate change adaptation financing and policy and climate change metrics.</li> <li><strong>Sean Capstick, P.Eng., </strong>is a Principal with <a href="https://www.golder.com/">Golder Associates Ltd</a>. where he provides specialized expertise on strategic and regulatory advice to clients on Climate Change adaptation services. He is Golder’s Global Climate Change Technical Community Leader an internal knowledge-sharing initiative to promote the use of the latest climate change science and develop Best Practices to consider both the potential effects of the project on climate change, and the effects of climate change on a project.   Sean has provided climate change/disaster risk services for both public sector and private sector clients in the mining, oil and gas, energy and infrastructure projects in Canada, United States, Latin America (Chile, Peru, Brazil), the Dominican Republic and Turkey in accordance with national regulatory requirements and international standards. He is a member of the External Advisory Panel for the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/canadian-centre-climate-services.html">Canadian Centre for Climate Services’ (CCCS)</a>, who’s mandate is the distribute climate data for developing Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Plans.  </li> </ul> <p>Presentations are available here:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.iaia.org/downloads/IFC%20Climate%20Risk%20Management%20Tools,%20IAIA%20May%202019.pdf" target="_blank">Vlado introduced the issues and highlighted the drivers to incorporate climate change in decision making including the new IFC rating system</a>. </li> <li><a href="https://www.iaia.org/downloads/02%20Capstick%20-%20case%20studies.pdf" target="_blank">Sean expanded on the process with various mining case studies.</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.iaia.org/downloads/IFC%20Climate%20Risk%20Management%20Tools,%20IAIA2%20May%202019.pdf" target="_blank">Vlado provided examples of decision-making tools that have been developed by the IFC</a>. </li> <li>Sean described how the <a href="http://mining.ca/">Mining Association of Canada</a> process provides a <a href="https://www.iaia.org/downloads/04%20Capstick%20-%20MAC%20approach.pdf" target="_blank">decision-making framework and how it can be applied to other sectors and projects</a>.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr /> <p>Dear WAB Friends, </p> <p>For those of you not in Brisbane attending IAIA’19, we cordially invite you to join a lively discussion on <strong>FRIDAY, April 26, 2019</strong> to learn how lenders, borrowers, and impact assessment practitioners can apply the advances of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) and its 2016<em> Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas </em>(KBAs)for the identification and delineation of critical habitats.</p> <p><strong>IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Standard, and Critical Habitat</strong></p> <p><strong><em>FRIDAY, April 26th, 2019 from 3.00 – 5.00 pm in Room U12-250, MIGA, “World Bank U Building”, 1800 G Street, NW, Washington DC</em></strong></p> <p>The presenters will provide an overview of the history of the RLE, the KBA Standard, and the critical habitat criteria as applied by multilateral financial institutions (MFIs), Equator Principles financial institutions (EPFIs), industry, and impact assessment practitioners.  The November 2018 revision of the IFC’s <em>Guidance Note 6 on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources</em> adopts many of the criteria of the RLE and the 2016 KBA Standard.</p> <p>Presently, lenders and private sector borrowers, and companies with high standards for sustainability are focused on the use of GIS-based screening tools, which rely upon the products of the World Database of Protected Areas, the KBA Partnership, IUCN, and BirdLife.  However, much of the world’s biodiversity values remain uncatalogued and unmapped.  The majority of currently mapped KBAs are Important Bird Areas (IBAs), Ramsar sites, or Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) sites, which do not capture many other types of KBAs and do not include threatened ecosystems. The RLE criteria and the KBA Standard provide objective criteria for identifying and delimiting critical habitats that are not currently included in the available datasets.  Furthermore, the criteria can also provide a basis for as assessing impacts to biodiversity in terms of “significant conversion” and “measurable adverse impacts”.  They also can serve as a means to better achieve mainstreaming of biodiversity into country-level and sector planning and design of development projects.</p> <p>Our speakers for this session include:</p> <p><strong>Robert Langstroth, PhD:</strong> Robert serves a Senior Biodiversity Specialist in the <a href="https://www.iadb.org/en">Inter-American Development Bank’s (IBD)</a> Environmental and Social Safeguards Unit. Robert was formerly an environmental consultant to the IFC, IDB, EPFIs, and their borrowers, and a widely recognized PS6 practitioner with expertise in critical habitat assessments. Improving the accessibility to and quality of biodiversity information and greater clarity and consistency in the standards and policies that drive the environmental performance of development projects globally are goals that drive his professional activities. He holds a MS degree in Range and Wildlands Science from University of California-Davis and a PhD in Geography (specialization in Biogeography) from the University of Wisconsin.  He serves on the KBA Consultative Forum and is the IUCN Red List Taxonomic Authority for the Liolaemidae family of lizards.</p> <p><strong>Jon Paul Rodríguez, PhD:</strong>  Jon Paul is Professor at the <a href="http://www.ivic.gob.ve/es/investigacion-3/centros-31/ecologia-316">Center for Ecology of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Investigations (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas ― IVIC)</a>, and he is a founder, past Board Member (1987-2001, 2009-2012) and President (2001-2008, 2013-present) of <a href="http://www.provita.org.ve/">Provita</a> (a Venezuelan conservation NGO established in 1987). His undergraduate degree in biology is from Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas (1991). He was then awarded a Fulbright scholarship for a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University (1999).  In addition to Chairing the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Jon Paul was actively involved in the development of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, an initiative led by the Commission on Ecosystem Management. His work focuses on understanding patterns in the spatial distribution of threatened species and ecosystems, as well as the underlying causes of these patterns, and the development of policy guidelines for biodiversity conservation.</p> <p><strong>Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, PhD</strong>:  Carlos is the Associate Vice President for Conservation and Health at <a href="https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/">EcoHealth Alliance</a>. Dr. Zambrana-Torrelio works on the intersection between animal and human health. He is particularly interested in how biological diversity, from viruses to ecosystems, respond to anthropogenic gradients (e.g. from forests to cities). Carlos combines quantitative methods from different fields including biodiversity, economics and spatial analysis on his research. He has made significant contributions to the development of the research on ecosystem health, especially as it relates to biodiversity loss, land use change, disease emergence and their economic implications. He has advised the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Intergovernmental Panel of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the United Nations – System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (UN-SEEA) on topics linking ecosystems and human health. He is actively involved in the application of the Red List of Ecosystems and he chairs the Human Health and Ecosystem Management Task Force led by the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM). Dr. Zambrana-Torrelio holds a PhD from Sapienza Università di Roma on Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, as well as degrees in Biology and Ecology from Universidad Mayor de San Andres in Bolivia and the University of Puerto Rico.</p> <p><strong>Miguel Fernández, PhD:</strong>  Miguel serves as <a href="http://www.natureserve.org/">NatureServe</a>’s Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and a KBA Regional Focal Point for Latin America.   Miguel earned his Master’s degree from San Francisco State University in Geography and his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of California. His background includes positions at the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), where he served as the lead developer of the Essential Biodiversity Variables, currently being applied in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, as a guiding principle for national monitoring initiatives. At the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Miguel pushed forward new environmental regulations for mining and petroleum activities in South America. He has also held positions in IUCN and the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).</p> <p>During this session,</p> <ul> <li>Robert will introduce the topics and speakers to the WAB audience;</li> <li>Jon Paul will discuss the criteria, advances, and future of the RLE;</li> <li>Carlos will present the first continental RLE Assessment for the Americas, its findings, and applications;</li> <li>Miguel will lead discussion on the KBA Standard and progress on its implementation in the Latin America;</li> <li>Robert will discuss how the RLE and the KBA Standard fit into the frameworks of mainstreaming, and safeguards, and why and how the lenders and developers should support their implementation and</li> <li>All will engage with the audience to comment on and answer questions.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Web documents:</strong></p> <ul> <li><em>An introduction to the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (2016): </em><em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportals.iucn.org%2Flibrary%2Fnode%2F45958&data=01%7C01%7CRLANGSTROTH%40iadb.org%7Cd68c1472182c443c215508d6bdef72ba%7C9dfb1a055f1d449a896062abcb479e7d%7C0&sdata=ybICLx%2FOTZ82ClXuSm0Xn2wxsOTcbFjqUhv%2BlgCodW4%3D&reserved=0">https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/45958</a></em></li> <li><em>Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (2016):</em><em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportals.iucn.org%2Flibrary%2Fsites%2Flibrary%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2F2016-010.pdf&data=01%7C01%7CRLANGSTROTH%40iadb.org%7Cd68c1472182c443c215508d6bdef72ba%7C9dfb1a055f1d449a896062abcb479e7d%7C0&sdata=jzZi%2BYg91PyaLb4sK4JWMVraRDcvOLBtnbI5HKgFR30%3D&reserved=0">https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-010.pdf</a></em></li> <li><em>A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (2016): </em><em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportals.iucn.org%2Flibrary%2Fsites%2Flibrary%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2F2016-048.pdf&data=01%7C01%7CRLANGSTROTH%40iadb.org%7Cd68c1472182c443c215508d6bdef72ba%7C9dfb1a055f1d449a896062abcb479e7d%7C0&sdata=p8c05SkNlCAajmPKlNfxmKubzWuwVOd6Z7W3ZFqAmDg%3D&reserved=0">https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-048.pdf</a></em></li> <li><em>Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas : version 1.0 (2019): </em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportals.iucn.org%2Flibrary%2Fnode%2F47982&data=01%7C01%7CRLANGSTROTH%40iadb.org%7Cd68c1472182c443c215508d6bdef72ba%7C9dfb1a055f1d449a896062abcb479e7d%7C0&sdata=ShEHFpXBNfmGR8z1KImRDp8eLnXFwFJA45U2uHXPDd0%3D&reserved=0"><em>https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47982</em></a></li> <li><em>Guidance Note 6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (November 2018):</em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifc.org%2Fwps%2Fwcm%2Fconnect%2Fa359a380498007e9a1b7f3336b93d75f%2FGN6_February_2019.pdf%3FMOD%3DAJPERES&data=01%7C01%7CRLANGSTROTH%40iadb.org%7Cd68c1472182c443c215508d6bdef72ba%7C9dfb1a055f1d449a896062abcb479e7d%7C0&sdata=5S8NB0PwBzLCL3DxDDmQnffDLjqnyRc20Qj73mLvK%2FI%3D&reserved=0"><em>https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/a359a380498007e9a1b7f3336b93d75f/GN6_February_2019.pdf?MOD=AJPERES</em></a></li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Please RSVP by return email to Debra (</em></strong><a href="mailto:dzanewich@worldbank.org" target="_blank">dzanewich@worldbank.org</a><strong><em>) </em></strong><strong><em>and Ariel (</em></strong><a href="mailto:Ariel.Cuschnir@mottmac.com" target="_blank">Ariel.Cuschnir@mottmac.com</a><strong><em>)</em></strong> if you plan to attend to enable us to prepare appropriately.  If you will attend, be sure to bring valid US government-issued identification.  If you would like to participate, but cannot attend, please let us know so that we can provide WebEx connection details.</p> <p><strong>Other IAIA-related announcements:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><em>Pencil in your calendars the next WAB presentation will be Tuesday, May 7 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm on Climate Change (details to be circulated)</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Presentations of past WAB sessions can be found on the WAB website:</em></strong> <a 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src="https://www.iaia.org/img/IMG_0853.jpg" style="height:483px; width:800px" /></p> </li> <li> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /></li> <li> </li> <li><img alt="" src="https://www.iaia.org/img/wab-11-2017.jpg" style="height:600px; width:800px" /></li> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> <ul> <li> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> <p><img alt="IEMA EIA & Climate Change Principles documents circa 2010Wednesday, February 15, 2017 " src="https://www.iaia.org/img/WAB-Sep2017.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p> </p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> </ul> <hr /> <p><br />  </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="potential impacts from labor influx" src="https://www.iaia.org/img/WAB-Graphic.png" style="height:496px; width:600px" /></p> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr /> <p><br />  </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><img alt="Large Infrastructure Projects: Integrating Sustainability and Managing Risks Wednesday, February 15, 2017 " src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wab-01.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><img alt="Large Infrastructure Projects: Integrating Sustainability and Managing Risks Wednesday, February 15, 2017 " src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wab02.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /></p> <p><em>Davis, Rachel and Daniel M. Franks. 2014. "Costs of Company-Community Conflict in the Extractive Sector." Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Report No. 66. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Kennedy School.</em></p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p><strong><strong>U.S. Treasury Views on Environmental/Social Risk Management at the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)</strong></strong><strong> <br /> Wednesday, January 11th , 2017</strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.iaia.org/img/DanPeters.jpg" style="height:431px; width:600px" /></p> <p><strong><em>Dan Peters</em></strong>, Director of the Office of Development Results and Accountability at the U.S. Department of Treasury, discussed the Treasury Department's role in the review and approval of MDB projects as well as Treasury's engagement with the MDBs on their environmental and social risk management policies. He also highlighted some emerging trends and challenges, followed by an exchange of insight and views by WAB members. His <a href="https://www.iaia.org/downloads/2017-01-11-WAB-IAIA.pdf" target="_blank">presentation is available here</a>.</p> <hr /> <p><strong><strong>Cumulative Impact Assessment of Hydropower Development in Pakistan: A Case Study in a Critical Habitat in the Jhelum-Poonch Rivers Watershed</strong></strong><strong> <br /> Wednesday, November 2nd , 2016</strong></p> <p><strong><em>Pablo Cardinale</em></strong>, Principal Environmental Specialist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) presented on IFC's approach to management of cumulative impacts potentially resulting from multiple cascading hydropower in critical aquatic habitat due to the presence of the CE Kashmir Catfish and the EN Golden Mahaseer, and how a project's Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) has been elevated to guide a Biodiversity Strategy to manage potential cumulative impacts at a landscape level. His <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/CIA_MIGA_Pakistan_Oct%202016.pptx" target="_blank">presentation is available here</a> and the <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/FinalRCIA.pdf" target="_blank">Cumulative Impact Assessment report is available here</a>.</p> <p>Reference material:<br /> <strong>IFC Good Practice Handbook – Cumulative Impact Assessment and Management: Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets</strong>:<br /> <a href="http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/3aebf50041c11f8383ba8700caa2aa08/IFC_GoodPracticeHandbook_CumulativeImpactAssessment.pdf?MOD=AJPERES" target="_blank">http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/3aebf50041c11f8383ba8700caa2aa08/IFC_GoodPracticeHandbook_CumulativeImpactAssessment.pdf?MOD=AJPERES</a></p> <hr /> <p><strong><strong>The Environmental and Social Framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank</strong></strong><strong> <br /> Wednesday Sep. 28, 2016 </strong></p> <p>Dear WAB Members and Friends,</p> <p>Happy Autumn and welcome to the 2016-17 season of WAB Events.<br /> <br /> We are pleased to announce that the first meeting of the Washington Area Branch (WAB) current season will address:</p> <blockquote> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <ul> </ul> <blockquote> <p>  </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>The presentation will be made by Stephen F. Lintner who is serving as the Senior Environmental and Social Advisor to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Stephen is a former President of the IAIA and was the Co-Chair of the Asia Day Forum held during our Annual Conference in Nagoya this May.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Although advance registration is not required for visitor’s entry to MIGA’s office (please bring valid government issued ID!), please RSVP by return email if you plan to attend so that we can prepare appropriately. We plan to broadcast the meeting live (but not record), so let us know if you need the WebEx access code. <br /> <br /> Thank you for sharing this announcement with colleagues who may be interested in the topic.<br /> <br /> We hope you will join us!<br /> <br /> Will Knowland and Debra Zanewich<br /> Co-Chairs, WAB</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <hr /></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong>Climate Change and Impact Assessment, </strong><strong>Wednesday May 4, 2016 </strong><br /> For the first time in several years, the Washington Area Branch (WAB) returned to the key topic of Climate Change.  Some three dozen IAIA-WAB members and friends participated in the two-hour session, which was convened at the offices of MIGA, and webcast to participants in several locations and countries.   This meeting was a joint effort of WAB and the Climate Change Section, which, with 160 members, is IAIA’s on-going forum for IA practitioners to exchange expertise and knowledge on climate change across all areas of IA.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>WAB, with IAIA and the World Bank, had organized a Special IAIA Symposium on Climate Change and Impact Assessment in November 2010.  A year later, we devoted a session to updates from the Symposium and initial activities of IAIA’s Climate Change Section. But despite continued widespread interest, it has taken until now to again organize a session on the topic.  </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Meanwhile, the topic of climate change and impact assessment (CCIA) has become even more timely with recent Paris climate change agreement, and dedication of IAIA’s 2017 International Conference to the theme of <em>Impact</em><a href="http://conferences.iaia.org/2017/index.php" target="_blank"><em>Assessment’s Contribution to The Global Efforts in Addressing Climate Change</em></a><em>. </em> In mid-May, just a week following our May 4th session, at IAIA 16 in Nagoya, Japan, the Climate Change Section would convene what has become an annual roundtable on the topic.  </p> <p>So the intention was to engage both the WAB membership and Washington-based development agencies, rekindle discussions begun at the Symposium in 2010, and begun building awareness and momentum for future efforts, including IAIA 17.   </p> </blockquote> <ul> <li> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p><br /> <br />  </p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  </p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br />  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br />  </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </li> </ul> <hr /> <p><strong>Justin Pooley</strong> and <strong>Lori Anna Conzo</strong> summarized the changes made in the recently updated World Bank Group EHS Guidelines for Wind Energy in their presentation: <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/wab/1%20EHS%20Guidelines%20Update%20-%20Wind%20Energy.pdf" target="_blank">EHS Guidelines Update - Wind Energy</a>. </p> <p><strong>Lori Anna Conzo</strong> is a Senior Environmental Specialist and Biodiversity Focal Point in the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).  As Biodiversity Focal Point, Lori works across the regions and sectors on biodiversity-related issues, with a focus on the infrastructures and renewable energy.  </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="WASHINGTON AREA BRANCH (WAB)" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-01.jpg" /></p> <hr /> <p><img alt="Generic placeholder image" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-02.jpg" /></p> <p><strong>Justin Pooley</strong> is a Principal Specialist in IFC’s Environment, Social & Governance Department and the department’s global sector lead for power projects. Justin has worked on wind projects in multiple regions and was one of the core IFC team involved in updating the WBG Wind Energy EHS Guidelines in 2014-15.</p> <p><strong>Marianela González </strong>reviewed the field experience and results of field monitoring of bird and bat impacts of several wind power projects in Central America in her presentation: <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/wab/2%20BIRD%20AND%20BAT%20MONITORING%20IAIA%20SESSION%20JAN%202016.pdf" target="_blank">Bird and Bat Monitoring: Experiences from a Private Wind Power Producer</a>. </p> <hr /> <p><strong>Marianela González</strong> is Environmental and Social Compliance Coordinator at Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy. She has nearly a decade of experience in environmental and social management of renewable energy projects, including compliance with local legislation and IFC’s / MIGA’s Environmental & Social Performance Standards and Good International Industry Practices for wind and solar energy projects in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Chile<strong>.</strong></p> <p><img alt="Generic placeholder image" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-03.jpg" /></p> <hr /> <p><img alt="Generic placeholder image" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-04.jpg" /></p> <p><strong>Genevieve Beaulac </strong>presented very recent findings from IDB wind power projects in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Latin America – following up on her September 2014 WAB presentation, <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/wab/3%20Wind%20Energy%20Challenges%20&%20Solutions%20-%20Sept%202014.pdf" target="_blank">Wind Energy in Latin America, Challenges and Solutions</a>. <br /> <strong>Genevieve Beaulac</strong> is a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Environmental Safeguards Unit of the IDB, responsible for the design, implementation and monitoring of projects in the energy sector (wind, geothermal, hydroelectric and transmission lines.</p> <hr /> <p><strong>Caleb Gordon</strong> reviewed broad data and biological theory in his presentation: <a href="https://www.iaia.org/pdf/wab/4%20Wind-Wildlife%20Issues%20in%20Latin%20America%20-%20Biological%20Perspectives.pdf" target="_blank">Wind-Wildlife Issues in Latin America – Biological Perspectives</a>. </p> <p><strong>Caleb Gordon, </strong>an ornithologist and wildlife ecology with WEST, Inc., has managed wildlife research and impact studies for IFIs and private developers on energy projects in Uzbekistan, Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="WASHINGTON AREA BRANCH (WAB)" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-05.jpg" /></p> <hr /> <ul> <li> </li> <li> <p> </p> </li> </ul> <p>Reference Links:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainability/our+approach/risk+management/ehsguidelines">IFC-World Bank EHS Guidelines, including the Revised Wind Energy Guidelines</a>  </p> <p><a href="http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/15615154/greening-wind-environmental-social-considerations-wind-power-development">World Bank  Publication: Greening the wind: environmental and social considerations for wind power development</a></p> <p><img alt="IFC World Bank" src="https://www.iaia.org/images/wa-06.jpg" style="height:202px; width:482px" /></p> <ul> <li> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> </li> </ul>

 

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