New projects & expansions
Identify sensitive habitats and compare avoidance alternatives before defining new areas of disturbance.
Technical biodiversity evidence for mining
- Environmental & biodiversity teams
- Sustainability & mine project leaders
No Net Loss and Net Gain evidence, for your next milestone.
Quantify losses, gains and recovery with traceable metrics for technical review of permitting, financing, expansion and closure.
Concession A-03Monitoring network
ConcessionWetlandsMonitoring
Station W-07 OBS-024
Habitat observation50 m transect · Protocol H-02 v1.2
Field sheet · 10 points↗
Habitat condition · index 0–1
Habitat recovery trajectoryCondition example, not an NNL balance.
Initial referenceObservedProjected
01Avoid02Minimize03Rehabilitate04Offset
Every stage of the mine
Support that evolves with your mine.
Operating mines
Assess impacts and mitigation effectiveness; update indicators and management measures as the operation evolves.
Closure & rehabilitation
Define measurable recovery criteria, reference sites and long-term monitoring for closure and post-closure.
Our capabilities
From ecological assessment to verifiable outcomes.
Complement your team’s studies with capabilities tailored to the biodiversity values, decisions and requirements of each operation.
Baseline & critical habitat
Strengthen habitat and priority-species studies. Assess IFC PS6 Critical Habitat criteria within an ecologically appropriate area of analysis.
Water, wetlands & periglacial systems
Integrate water quality, vegetation and hydrological function in high-Andean wetlands and periglacial systems, informed by applicable inventories and requirements.
Cumulative impacts & attribution
Assess pressures on valued components at basin scale. Estimate relative contributions where the data and study design support distinguishing them.
Recovery through closure
Measure habitat condition and extent against reference sites and closure criteria. Define thresholds that trigger adjustments to rehabilitation.
Connected evidence
Every result, backed by its evidence.
Connect field, laboratory and remote-sensing data with protocols, quality controls and scientific review. Distinguish observed results, projections and unresolved evidence gaps.
How the biodiversity balance is built
- 01 · Reference
- Priority values, metrics and a scenario without intervention.
- 02 · Residual losses
- Impacts remaining after avoidance, minimization and rehabilitation.
- 03 · Additional gains
- Outcomes attributable to the intervention; observed and projected results kept separate.
- 04 · Technical balance
- Ecological equivalence, uncertainty, time lags and permanence.
Evidence recordA-03
OBS-024 / W-07Source · protocol v1.2 · review R-01
Linked evidenceMethod review
Pending · seasonal coverage
Scientific review
eDNASamples · blanks · laboratory
Camera trapsEffort · events · identification
Satellite imageryResolution · date · classification
Water & soilStation · method · calibration
BioacousticsEffort · detections · validation
Field surveysPlots · condition · protocol
Built around the frameworks that apply to your operation
Why KEA
Extend your team’s capabilities.
Regional specialists, field monitoring and documented analysis to strengthen decisions by your environmental team and existing consultants.
Monitoring built around the ecological question
Combine eDNA, bioacoustics, camera traps and satellites with field surveys. Define coverage, sampling effort and detection limitations for each objective.
Traceable methods and assumptions
Document protocols, analysis versions and review decisions. Make uncertainty and limitations explicit so reviewers can reconstruct how each conclusion was reached.
Data governance and confidentiality
Data ownership, access permissions and confidentiality are defined with your team, in line with your operation’s governance requirements.
Independent review or embedded support
Review existing studies or embed specialists in your team to design and operate monitoring, with agreed responsibilities and deliverables.
The field network
Regional knowledge, grounded in the field.
Bring in biodiversity and regional expertise to complement your team, with field partners across Latin America.
Our network started in Latin America, working in the landscapes where mining and biodiversity meet.
Explore the NetworkHow we work together
Turn your objectives into a practical work program.
Agree the scope, timing and outputs with your team, then select the phases relevant to your project.
2–4 weeks
Review commitments, existing studies and the next milestone. Agree biodiversity values, metrics and priority evidence gaps.
OutputAn evidence plan with metrics and priorities
1–2 field seasons
Define references, coverage and sampling effort around the changes to be detected and the site’s seasonality.
OutputA baseline with documented references
Annual cycle
Assess trends and mitigation effectiveness. Update results, uncertainties and management actions for each review milestone.
OutputResults and gaps for technical review
Frequently asked questionsLearn more about No Net Loss & Net Gain for mining.
Can you work from our existing baseline and with our current consultants?
Yes. We review existing data and methods, identify gaps and prioritize additional work. We complement your consultants without repeating studies that remain valid.
Who has access to the data?
Data ownership, access permissions and confidentiality are agreed with the operation. The scope defines what evidence may be shared with auditors, lenders or other authorized reviewers.
Can you distinguish our impact from other projects in the same basin?
We assess basin-scale pressures and relative contributions where suitable data and study design are available. Causal attribution requires references, time series and explicit assumptions; it cannot be guaranteed for every dataset.
Which frameworks can KEA help us work toward?
We shape the scope around the frameworks relevant to your project, including IFC PS6, ICMM, Veramark (Copper Mark), LME Responsible Sourcing and TSM, alongside local requirements and financing needs. KEA provides evidence and technical support to the operation and its auditors; certification remains with each scheme.
Do you also support closure, rehabilitation and remediation?
Yes. We define ecological condition indicators, reference sites and measurable recovery criteria, with rehabilitation and post-closure monitoring according to the agreed scope.
How long does it take to get started?
Scoping takes 2–4 weeks. The baseline follows the site's seasonality, typically one or two field seasons, and auditable monitoring (MRV) then continues on an annual cycle.
How are biodiversity losses and gains quantified?
Metrics are agreed for the habitats and biodiversity values affected: they may combine extent and condition or use species indicators. Residual losses and additional gains are compared against a scenario without intervention, considering equivalence, timing and permanence. A local improvement alone does not demonstrate No Net Loss.
How is uncertainty addressed?
The design considers the change that needs to be detected, sampling effort and method limitations. The assessment makes assumptions, intervals where appropriate and data gaps explicit, separating measured results from projections.
Does KEA certify IFC PS6 compliance?
No. KEA provides assessments and technical evidence for review. Compliance decisions rest with lenders or competent authorities, and certification with the applicable scheme.
Prepare your evidence before the next milestone.
Anticipate biodiversity evidence gaps that could affect permitting or financing. Let’s agree priorities, field seasons and the scope of review.
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