The primary use of this document is as a specific

navigation guide to assist users in answering the questions

posed in the Framework for Integrating Biodiversity into the

Site Selection Process. To use the Framework, the following

types of information are needed:

• Databases that indicate the presence of areas with some

type of conservation designation ranging from World

Heritage Sites to IUCN Conservation Management

Categories I-VI.

• Data that relate to the legal designations of those areas.

• Ecological data that relate to a prospective concession

(e.g. species and their status, their distribution, their

level of endemism, unique habitat features etc.).

• Social or value aspects of the biodiversity within a

particular prospective concession.

• Identification of organizations that are most likely to

house the relevant data.

See Framework for Integrating Biodiversity into the

Site Selection Process for more information on how

this information can be applied in the site selection

process.

It is likely that this information will exist in a number

of different locations. For some of the questions the oil

or gas company may already hold the information. In

other cases it will be necessary to obtain the information

from sources that could include, but not be limited

to, international and national conservation NGOs,

national government departments responsible for the

environment, and tertiary academic institutions. For

other information (such as social and value aspects)

secondary sources may be very limited and require

substantiation and/or acquisition during the consultation

process. Irrespective of its source, any information will

need to be checked and supplemented throughout the life

of the project through the environmental profiling and

assessment process, biodiversity assessment process and

stakeholder engagement.

This document’s secondary use is to assist readers and

users of EBI’s other products in finding biodiversityrelated information to complement and support those

products, with the emphasis on high quality, credible and

validated material.