What is Net Positive?
BRI’s Net Positive Initiative follows the mitigation hierarchy to avoid and mitigate negative impacts to biodiversity. For example, degraded habitat should be restored to target no-net-loss of biodiversity (“net zero”). We achieve net positive biodiversity when our actions enhance ecosystems, for example through habitat improvement.
BRI’s Net Positive Initiative (NPI) facilitates engagement in voluntary conservation benefit programs that support net biodiversity gain. From arid desert environments to the marine realm, we aim to restore ecosystems, combat climate change, and offset global biodiversity loss. Contributing programs focus on:
- reducing environmental contaminants,
- achieving carbon neutrality, and
- facilitating the responsible development of renewable energy.
Program Director:
Contributing Staff:
Focal Activities
Program Expertise
- Biodiversity surveys
- Decision support
- Statistical modeling and quantitative analyses
- Compliance
- Communications
About the Director
Holly Goyert, Ph.D., has dedicated her career to quantifying interactions among marine communities of birds, mammals, fish, and invertebrates, from the seafloor to above the sea surface. She develops hierarchical statistical models to estimate biodiversity metrics and impacts from offshore energy development. Dr. Goyert also uses population models to quantify the projected effect of proposed mitigation efforts. With two decades of experience working in both the public and private sectors, she facilitates the development and implementation of net positive biodiversity frameworks, both nationally and internationally. Holly speaks fluent Spanish and has both lived and worked in various locales throughout North and South America.
Photo credits: Ocean; Andrei Medvedev, Shutterstock
