📋 Public methodology
BiodivPass — Express regulatory check
The BIOM365 tools' methodology is published and grounded, indicator by indicator, in the field's reference work: each tool sets out what it measures, how it computes it, its sources and its limits.
Use the tool →What it measures
A self-assessment for orientation: from 10 declarative questions, it estimates a project's likely biodiversity stakes and points to the right approach. It is not a field measurement.
How it computes
Three axes — regulatory risk (R), ecological potential (P), project maturity (T) — combined into an exposure score; weightings and thresholds shown. The ACT framework bounds its use: a score should not rise because one declares better, but because the project genuinely improves.
100 % declarative, results in under two minutes, explicit orientations (from « Contained exposure » to « Immediate action »), a call to action toward an ecologist / a study.
At least the risk axis is cross-checked with real geolocated data (via TerraLink: Natura 2000, ZNIEFF, reserves, Green & Blue Network); un-merged R / P / T output; weighting driven by the site's materiality; thresholds calibrated on benchmark projects; output = study pre-scoping and ERC hierarchy (avoidance first).
Common methodological foundation
- Verifiability - a data point carrying a score must be provable — mandatory in PRO.
- Conservativeness - without evidence, we do not overestimate; declarative input is flagged.
- Consistency - any time-series data is comparable — bounded observation effort.
Two quality indices accompany each score: a reliability index (input completeness; below a threshold the score reads « not computable ») and a confidence index (traces the source of each value; by convention, the lowest of its components' indices).
On screen: a 0-100 score + a one-word label + a colour. Performance axis (Excellent / Good / Fair / Low / Critical), thresholds aligned with the internal grade so a displayed score and its history never contradict each other. Exposure axis for BiodivPass and TerraLink (Contained exposure → Immediate action).
Thresholds and weightings rely on the guide-values and reference frameworks cited, and are consolidated continuously with the scientific committee (Biodiversity Standard Council).
Stated limit
A declarative orientation tool; it does not replace an environmental study or an ecologist's opinion.
Sources & references
- Avoid-Reduce-Offset sequence (ecologie.gouv.fr)
- Protected species — Environmental Code (L411-1)
- ACT Biodiversité (ADEME/OFB)
- ACT Biodiversity — methodology (ADEME/OFB)
- Avoid-Reduce-Offset sequence (OFB)
The measurement protocols rely on the recognised methods above. Thresholds and weightings are consolidated continuously with the scientific committee (Biodiversity Standard Council).
Training the teams who use these tools.
A one-day course gives the ecological reference points these tools assume: recognising what is being recorded, understanding what a protocol requires, and knowing what makes a survey usable.
7 hours · No prerequisite
Operated by IRICE with QUALITEL Formation, a Qualiopi-certified body. Training is not covered by the accreditation held for certification activities.