BioClimate Research & Development (BR&D)
BR&D promotes actions to reconcile human development and environmental change. BR&D is an independent non-profit organisation which was established in 2001 to promote and regulate Plan Vivo activities. It is a Scottish company limited by guarantee, which is managed by its board of directors.
BioClimate Research & Development (BR&D) is soon to become the Plan Vivo Foundation
Recent Activities
BR&D has formed a Co-operative Offset Group (COG) of individuals and organisations who are interested in promoting voluntary carbon offsets.
BR&D is currently supporting the following programmes:
BR&D is the secretariat of the 3 Conventions Partnership: - an initiative to promote learning through specific actions in support of the UN conventions on climate change, desertification and biodiversity.
3CP documents:
The Three Conventions Partnership Background Document with Progress Report
BR&D maintains standard methods and procedures used for assessment of the benefits of low carbon products.
Carbon Management Self Assessment Tool (CAMSAT)
ECCM has developed a tool to help companies assess the quality of their responses to climate change:
Plan Vivo is a system for the planning and implementation of community-based land use and sustainable energy projects. Plan Vivo projects can be used to deliver defined environmental services, such as carbon credits or watershed protection, livelihood benefits, increased agricultural productivity, and sustainably produced products.
BR&D maintains the Plan Vivo standards and guidelines and controls the registration of projects and the certification of project outputs.
The content of this publication reflects the views of the organisation BioClimate Research & Development Ltd; a non-profit company registered in Scotland No. 228400. It is the responsibility of the website developer webmaster@brdt.org. Site last updated 28th May 2007.
