The Economist reports on a new database that warns companies if their business practices pose threats to wildlife.Conservation International created the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) to "bring together as much data on biodiversity as it could in a single database."
IBAT will be "unveiled at the forthcoming World Conservation Congress in Barcelona."
"Big oil and agro-industrial firms such as BP and Cargill helped with the design, as did several banks. The idea is to make it easier for businesses to incorporate concerns about conservation into their planning from the beginning of a project, and not simply when protesters show up at their offices."Read the full story: Where the wild things are
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