All over the world, people are now  expressing their concern about the degradation that human activity has inflicted on the richness of nature and biological diversity.
As a developer of energy from the planet’s natural reserves, Total has learned to protect and manage the environment over many years.  It has taken great care when developing energy projects in sensitive areas and evolved a keen understanding of  the importance of biodiversity.  As early as 1992, Total created the Foundation for Biodiversity and the Sea.

The global attention now given to biodiversity make this a good occasion to bring together Total’s thinking on the subject. Whilst recognising the important influence, on biodiversity, of global issues such as climate change, this report addresses the more direct impacts of activities over which the Group has control. It explains a number of themes related to Total’s policy on biodiversity and sums up what Total is currently doing to manage and protect biodiversity in all the countries where the Group works.