In 2005 and 2006 one of the Partnership initiatives integrated biodiversity into the Business Enabler Survey Tool (BEST) which BAT uses with its third party suppliers, and the Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production (SRTP) tool, through which BAT ensures and encourages continual improvement in social and environmental responsibility among tobacco producers. This year, the Partnership will review the scores and feedback to improve understanding of the extent to which embedding biodiversity in such tools actually drives improvements in biodiversity performance.

We are very pleased to be supporting a project to protect the critically endangered Cao Vit Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus), one of the world's rarest primates in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, the only location in the world where this species is currently known to exist.

050	Biodiversity risks of tobacco farming - NEW in 2008
	A scientific analysis and assessment of the potential impacts of tobacco farming
051	Transition of Curing Fuel - NEW in 2008
	A methodology for reducing impacts on natural forests
052	Watershed protection in Indonesia - NEW in 2008
	A participatory approach towards protecting watersheds for agriculture
053	Biodiversity Workshop - NEW in 2008
	Building on the Risk and Opportunities Assessment
054	Biodiversity Risk and Opportunities Assessment - India - NEW in 2008
	Assessing the impacts of tobacco production on biodiversity, India
055	Biodiversity Risk Assessment - Kenya - NEW in 2008
	Assessing the impacts of tobacco production on biodiversity, Kenya
056	Regeneration of native forests in Uganda - NEW in 2008
	Supporting forest restoration and management
057	Ecosystem monitoring in tobacco growing areas in Uganda - NEW in 2008
	Assessing the health of freshwater and woodland ecosystems within the growing region
058	Review of biodiversity in BEST - NEW in 2008
	Analysis of feedback to adoption of biodiversity in BEST
059	Review of biodiversity in the SRTP - NEW in 2008
	Analysis of feedback to adoption of biodiversity in SRTP
064	Survey of wood fuel use in Brazil - NEW in 2008
	Analysis of wood fuel use and supply in the BAT tobacco growing region of Brazil
065	Training on Sustainable Business - NEW in 2008
	A post-graduate certificate at the Cambridge Programme for Industry
066	Training Alignment - NEW in 2008
	Aligning BAT approach to training with the Partnership
067	Building Capacity for Biodiversity Conservation - NEW in 2008
	Active learning and education in Belarus
068	Building Partnerships for Conservation - NEW in 2008
	Supporting FFI's regional programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America
069	Conservation of the Cao Vit Gibbon - NEW in 2008
	Transboundary protection of the critically endangered Cao Vit Gibbon