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Improve resource allocation, public sector efficiency, and asset maintenance.
Accurate baseline data can guide policy reforms that leverage the informal recycling sector for cost-effective urban waste management.
Regular consultations, monitoring, and follow-up measures can help successfully restore the income of project-affected persons.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
Without proper valuation, natural assets’ scarcity remains economically invisible, leading to their exploitation for short-term gains.
Countries in Asia and the Pacific must use tax incentives sparingly, embed them into law, and reinforce their overall investment environment.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
Bioplastics industry development hinges on strategic direction and vision, environmental sustainability, and better waste management.
In the PRC, the successful restoration of the Ma’anshan and Zhihui mining pits showcases innovative business models.
In Samoa, eDNA survey techniques were used to assess the potential effects of a proposed dam on freshwater ecosystems.