Open letter: The need for a site‐based biodiversity standard measuring and certifying impacts from nature‐based projects
Authors
- Vikash Tatayah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-254X)
- Susan Gould (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-867X)
- Élise Buisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-8134)
- Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-8494)
- Oliver Q. Whaley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-3169)
- Guilherme Gastal de Castro Ramos
- Ethan Freid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3890-7022)
- Billy C. H. Hau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-6314)
- Yayan Wahyu Candra Kusuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4267-5981)
- Barbara Gravendeel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-0895)
- Robert Heinzman
- Lauren Eserman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-6632)
- Michael T. Yadrick
- Roeland Kindt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-0712)
- Assini Silvia
- Quentin Luke
- James Mwang'ombe Mwamodenyi
- Megan Barstow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-2933)
- Nancy L. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5936-8182)
- Andy Hector (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-7716)
- Chris Polatin
- Gunwant Mahajan
- Maraeva Gianella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1814-6166)
- Stephen Blackmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-4226)
- Leland K. Werden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-4352)
- Anneleen Kool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5961-4168)
- Marcello De Vitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-8186)
- Hatem Taifour
- Collins E. Bulafu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1008-3634)
- Roderick W. Bouman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-3318)
- Melanie Heath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7945-7895)
- Stephan W. Gale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2161-6694)
- Iñigo Ricalde
- Laxmi Aggarwal
- Brett A. Summerell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-5756)
- C. Cowell
- Jan Sala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8896-1265)
- Christian Camara
- Stanislav Hybler
- Hai Ren
- Mang Lung Cheuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-6703)
- David F. R. P. Burslem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-0990)
- Aaron M. Boers
- Moses Kirega Gichua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-1113)
- George D. Gann
- Irène Bisang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-6196)
- Jennifer K. Rowntree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8249-8057)
- Hailu Wondu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-8185)
- Mats Havström
- Elinor Breman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-5186)
- Pamela Zevit
- Rachael V. Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4680-8115)
- Laura B. Vedovato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-9269)
- Adriane B. Tobias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-7982)
- Kate Hardwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7864-8008)
- Murphy Westwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-954X)
- Cristina López‐Gallego (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-6053)
- J. Ilucion Mamani
- Kayri Havens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-1856)
- Tiziana Ulian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8298-256X)
- Peter Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6002-8166)
- Brian Colleran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1066-5156)
- Jennifer L. Peach
- Madhura Niphadkar
- Yvette Harvey‐Brown
- Lawrence Abel
- VICTOR ONYANGO OTIENO
- Collins Tweheyo
- Marilou B. Montemayor
- Ibone Amezaga Arregi
- Mariana Tadey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-0419)
- Johny Rabenantoandro
- Wander Meijer
- Anna Calle‐Loor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-8734)
- J. Alfredo Reyes‐Betancort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0732-3219)
- Dustin Wolkis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-5855)
- L. Jérémie Razafitsalama
- Darren T. Reidy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2005-7587)
- Tefy H. Andriamihajarivo
- Alex Hudson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-3978)
- Alfonso Orellana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-695X)
- Marta Galloni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-7820)
- Vanja Stamenković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0812-1627)
- Aparna Watve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-8960)
- Narindra Ramahefamanana
- Malin Rivers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9690-1353)
- Sharif Durzi
- Raheela Ahmed
- Ryan Hills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-7941)
- Christian Kroll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9954-6123)
- Vito Emanuele Cambria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-6368)
- Pedro H. S. Brancalion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8245-4062)
- Paul P. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1015-054X)
- Andrew W. Gichira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-7605)
- Leighton Reid
- Orlik Gómez García
- David E. Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4837-2690)
- Brett Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5181-2875)
- Anselme Tilahimena
- Karen D. Holl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-6161)
- Jeannie Raharimampionona
- Alex Summers
- Dalrymple Sarah E.
- Stewart Thompson
- Mathews Tsirizeni
- Emily E. D. Coffey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-2943)
- Sarina Veldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-7047)
- Naomi Carvey
- Donna McGinnis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-5103)
- B. F. Rakotozafy
- Matteo Contardo
- Weiyu Yan
- Andrés de la Rosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7680-4561)
- Katherine Ross
- Coşkun Güçlü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-5452)
- Mutegeki Alislam Said Musa
- David Mulwa
- Chris Birkinshaw
- D.K.S. Lima
- Alejandro Palmarola Bejerano
- Fidisoa Ratovoson
- Simplice Razafindranaivo
- Nienke Beets
- Clare Callow
- Inna Birchenko
- Theodora Chin-Tung Chan
- Hanna Tornevall
- James Hearsum
- Anita Aerts
- Ash Baron
- Range H. Palodang
- Mykhailo Paslavskyi
- Stacey Libra
- Ayebare Saviour
- Duncan Sanders
- Randrianarivony Noromalalaharivelo
- Evert Thomas
- Brett Chrystal
- Florence O'Sullivan
- Tarun Chhabra
- Anne‐Marie Frankland
- André Giles
- Estela Vallejo
- Monal Singh
- Dimitri D'helft
- Daniel Hribar
- Silvia Alvarez‐Clare
- Nicola Schoenenberger
- Thomas Erler
- Genevieve Chavarot
- Víctor Luna Monterrojo
- Kali Ramirez
- Sebsebe Demissew
- Tobin Mutiso
- Katia Laffusa
- Mael Jaonasy
- Yuriy Vergeles
- Mauricio Diazgranados
- Michelle Tustin
- Fortunat Rakotoarivony
- Abdo Nassar
- Simon Milne
- Raul Martinez
- William Baker
- Fadhili Njilima
- Wincate Kagane
- Eliud Simfukwe
- Ilaria Fantozzi
- David Bartholomew
- Paul Reed
- Aru Wiecek
- Fernanda Cardoso
- Jose Aranda‐Pineda
- Nami Traeholt
- Teresa Girao da Cruz
- Pieter van Midwoud
- Anabel da Gama
- David Karanja Wambui
- Rainer Bussmann
- Lucy Adhimabo
- José Fernández Zeballos
- Michael Roy
- Thibaud Poulain
- Harshavardhini Angappan
- Rebecca Cole
- Adriana Comte
- Thomas Gichuru
- Piet Vroeg
- Udo Schwarzer
- Tom LeBreton
- Sanjana Radhakrishnan
- Pierre Gaches
- Graciela Barreiro
- Carole Renner
- Jessica Prieto
- Jonathan Jenkins
- Kato Paul
- January Muthoka
- Richard Deverell
- George Smith
- Narkis Morales San Martín
- Candace Reynolds
- Juliana Zuluaga Carrero
- Yogita Karpate
- Norma Piedra Leandro
- Gilles Tilman
- Andrew Vovides
- Paul Morris
- Xiaohua Jin
- James Walsh
- Peter Tomsovic
- Micah Muema
- Elizabeth Dutra
- María Mata Quirós
- Antonia Burchard‐Levine
- Beatriz Maruri‐Aguilar
- Ari Novy
- Kiran Baldwin
- Stephane Hallaire
- Cameron Covill
- Itambo Malombe
- Toky Ralainaorina
- Angie Ng
- Paul Stuart‐Smith
- Fabian Carriconde
- Richard Bradley
- Sandagdorj Bayarkhuu
- Flor Vázquez Corzas
- Linnea Spears‐Lebrun
- Vivek Chopra
- Amarizni Mosyaftiani
- Zulukumzuk Pongen
- Lucy Rowland
- Michael Szuter
- Olga Kildisheva
- Dunia Basciu
- Navalona Ramanambohitra
- Gustavo Martinelli
- Annelies Andringa‐Davis
- Sebastian Javan
- Olivier Hasinger
- Viola Heinrich
- Wawan Sujarwo
- Ignacio Pascual
- Alona Linatoc
- Toral Shah
- Eliana Ramos
- Ranaivo Roger
- Teresiah Mungai
- Jimmy Rui V.
- Emiliano Sánchez Martínez
- Michele Hofmeyr
- Michael Toohill
- Hadeel Abdalqader
- Jennifer Neale
Institutions
- University of New Caledonia (NC)
- Algonquin College (CA)
- University of Delhi (IN)
- University of the Philippines Los Baños (PH)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- Charles Darwin Foundation (EC)
- Botanical Survey of India (IN)
- Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (IT)
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
- Bureau of Land Management (US)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (GT)
- Population Council (IN)
- Institute of Contemporary Art (US)
- National Tropical Botanical Garden (US)
- Public Health – Seattle & King County (US)
- University of Antananarivo (MG)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (US)
- Botanic Gardens Conservation International (GB)
- Royal Horticultural Society (GB)
- Lake Forest College (US)
- Royal Scientific Society (JO)
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (GB)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- University of Cagliari (IT)
- Ecological Society of America (US)
- OSRAM (United States) (US)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Ilia State University (GE)
- Lincoln University (NZ)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Durham University (GB)
- Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MN)
- National University of San Marcos (PE)
- Universidad de Lima (PE)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Ateneo de Manila University (PH)
- Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse (FR)
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (BR)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Ukrainian National Forestry University (UA)
- University of Applied Sciences Leiden (NL)
- Bard College Berlin (DE)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- University of Havana (CU)
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (KE)
- Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System (US)
- Shanghai Botanical Garden (CN)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GB)
- Fort Portal Hospital (UG)
- Center for Plant Conservation (US)
- University of Aruba (AW)
- Australian National Botanic Gardens (AU)
- Beijing Botanical Garden (CN)
- Surrey Memorial Hospital (CA)
- Tai Po Hospital (CN)
- Durango Institute of Technology (MX)
- School Based Health Alliance (US)
- Morton Arboretum (US)
- Swedish Museum of Natural History (SE)
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden (US)
- Desert Botanical Garden (US)
- New York Botanical Garden (US)
- Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
- Kowloon Hospital (CN)
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (DE)
- Leverhulme Trust (GB)
- Denver Botanic Gardens (US)
- Bariloche Atomic Centre (AR)
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada (CA)
- Jardin Botanique de Genève (CH)
- Göteborgs Stads (SE)
- O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv (UA)
- University of Bagamoyo (TZ)
- Kabale University (UG)
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília (BR)
- Mbeya University of Science and Technology (TZ)
- Inoorero University (KE)
- National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco (PE)
- Chapingo Autonomous University (MX)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Universidad de Antioquia (CO)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Universitas Tabanan (ID)
- Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BO)
- Indonesian Pediatric Society (ID)
- University of Finance and Economics (MN)
- Blue Planet (Norway) (NO)
- St. Paul's University (KE)
- Arab Open University (LB)
- Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation (BS)
- 5T Torino (Italy) (IT)
- Institute of Botany of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Global College (CY)
- Ação Educativa (BR)
- Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor (ID)
- LGBT Foundation (GB)
- Catholic University of Madagascar (MG)
- Nova Research Company (United States) (US)
- Impact Solutions (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Fondo de Acción Urgente América Latina y el Caribe (CO)
- Ambiente Italia (Italy) (IT)
- State Science and Technology Institute (US)
- Reef Ecologic (AU)
- Auroville Foundation (IN)
- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga National University (PE)
- Pharming Group (Netherlands) (NL)
- Forest Science and Research Institute (BR)
- Foundation for laboratory medicine (CH)
- Pronatura Noroeste (MX)
- South China Botanical Garden (CN)
- Organization For Tropical Studies (US)
- Association Vahatra (MG)
- Uganda Pentecostal University (UG)
- Moving the GoalPosts (KE)
- Universidad Pedagógica de Durango (MX)
- Naples Anesthesia & Physician Associates (US)
- Leading Age (US)
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (AU)
- Florida Institute for Conservation Science (US)
- Madagasikara Voakajy (MG)
- HilverZorg (NL)
- Land Stewardship Project (US)
- Freedom to Live (US)
- Zero Emissions Resource Organisation (NO)
- Office of the Governor (US)
- Real Jardín Botánico (ES)
- Autonomous University of Durango (MX)
- St. Ann's Episcopal Church (US)
- BirdLife international (GB)
- Clínica CES (CO)
- Nature Conservation Agency (LV)
- University of Washington Tacoma (US)
- Central Botanical Garden (BY)
- French Norwegian Foundation (FR)
- National Museums of Kenya (KE)
- Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (MX)
- GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (DE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developpement Rural (MG)
- Instituto de Ecología (MX)
- Universidad de Los Lagos (CL)
- Global Green Synergy (Malaysia) (MY)
- Wildlife Conservation Society India (IN)
- OGT Amenity (Ireland) (IE)
- Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ES)
- Kirloskar Group (India) (IN)
- Institute of Botany (CN)
- Kenya Forest Service (KE)
- National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (ID)
- Impact (CA)
- Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (ET)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (CH)
- Helix (United States) (US)
- Integral Consulting (United States) (US)
- Keystone Foundation (IN)
- Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UG)
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- World Agroforestry Centre (KE)
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Nagaland University (IN)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Falklands Conservation (GB)
- Galapagos (Belgium) (BE)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Poultry CRC (AU)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Blackburn College (US)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Titanium Metals Corporation (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- Franklin University Switzerland (CH)
- College of The Bahamas (BS)
- IAC (United States) (US)
- Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MU)
- Tetra Tech (United States) (US)
- Botanical Society of America (US)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plants People Planet
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70169
- Primary Topic
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00