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- Identify Environmental and Social Performance Standard (ESPS) 6 on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources and its changes compared to Guideline B9 of the OP-703 Safeguards Policy, in order to adapt project management regarding biodiversity, ecosystem services, and living natural resources.
- Define what ecosystem services are and the requirements for protecting those that are priority, in order to manage project impacts following the mitigation hierarchy.
- Differentiate protections for modified, natural, and critical habitats, legally protected areas, and internationally recognized areas, in order to assess how to manage biodiversity in project-affected areas.
- Use relevant and credible standards to sustainably manage agriculture, livestock, forestry production, and other living natural resources, in accordance with Performance Standard 6 on Biodiversity.
- Recognize the elements that make up a biodiversity report.
- Analyze guidelines to prevent sourcing from areas at risk of significant habitat conversion.
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