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Valuing GEP and implementing ecological compensation mechanism can enhance the sustainable finance mechanism of desert ecosystem restoration.
The vulture collapse in South Asia due to diclofenac has caused health, economic, and cultural issues, driving urgent conservation efforts and the exploration of new biodiversity credit mechanisms.
In the People’s Republic of China, biogas plants supply electricity to livestock farms using their wastes and produce organic fertilizer for eco-farming.
A toolkit from the Asian Development Bank provides a step-by-step guide on how to create and implement a national emissions trading system.
Strategies include a regulatory planning framework, area-based development, green infrastructure, and community engagement.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.
Leverage science-based tools, foster collaboration across sectors, build local capacity, and promote global and regional cooperation.
In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.