IHS Energy has signed an agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) of Cambridge, United Kingdom, to market a global biodiversity information module to the energy industry. The module delivers desktop access to protected areas and other sensitive terrestrial and marine habitats, including World Wildlife Federation "Ecoregions," in context with IHS Energy's exploration and production datasets and map-based analysis tools.

Integrating this database of licensed areas, lease blocks, field outlines, basins, reserves, pipelines and other related exploration and production information with the biodiversity module's information on national and international maps of protected areas, habitats and ecosystems will provide an "early warning system" for oil and gas companies to identify and consider the potential impacts of their activities on wildlife and their habitats at any stage of a project's life cycle. The integration of this information creates an information resource for minimizing, avoiding or mitigating environmental impact on sensitive natural areas as well as serving as an assessment tool for monitoring company biodiversity performance.

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