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USAID Biodiversity Policy

USAID Biodiversity Policy

Author(s): USAID

Publication Date: 2015

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USAID’s Biodiversity Policy builds on the Agency’s long history of conserving a global biological heritage for future generations and reflects on the recognition of the essential role that healthy natural systems play in advancing resilient societies and ending extreme poverty. This Policy provides a blueprint for how USAID will work to achieve the vision of conserving biodiversity for sustainable long-term development.

All USAID programs and activities that use biodiversity funds must comply with the Agency's Biodiversity Code. The Code has four criteria:

  1. The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective; it isn’t enough to have biodiversity conservation result as a positive externality from another program; 

  2. Activities must be identified based on an analysis of drivers and threats to biodiversity and a corresponding theory of change;

  3. Site-based programs must have the intent to positively impact biodiversity in biologically significant areas; and

  4. The program must monitor indicators associated with a stated theory of change for biodiversity conservation results.

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