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11 April 2024
This presentation looks into the trends and opportunities relevant to the Global High-Tech Agricultural University Network.
11 April 2024
This presentation provides an overview of the Seeds Without Border program--how it started and the ways forward.
31 March 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the People's Republic of China (PRC) Government to strengthen the sustainable management of natural capital in the PRC’s second largest river basin. The Yellow River Ecological Corridor (YREC) Program was established in 2020 adopting an innovative…
31 March 2023
Thisvevent at the UN 2023 Water Conference will present selected cases, including the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin, the Rhine and others to share knowledge and solutions that demonstrate successful applications of integrated IRBM. Contributions will focus on inclusive governance and…
15 March 2023
The restoration and rehabilitation of ecosystems (and their services) is an important approach in ensuring sustainable management of wetlands. There is a need to understand different restorative and adaptive management measures to be able to choose the “best approach”. Examples of disturbance to…
15 March 2023
Knowing the full range of benefits and values offered by different wetland ecosystem services is important in making decisions, not just for the purpose of conservation but also in determining best options for uplifting the lives of households and communities. Several cases had been shared here,…
15 March 2023
Wetlands, if sustainably managed for agricultural and conservation purposes, can significantly contribute to ensuring food security. Cases in sustainable agriculture are shared, with key recommendations highlighted:
• Promotion of the sustainable coexistence of agriculture and wetlands;
• Use of…
14 March 2023
Knowing and appreciating the ecosystem benefits that are derived from the natural environment improves our ability to preserve benefits or understand the trade-offs. Similarly, putting a ‘value’ on nature allow users to commit to its conservation, protection, and optimal use.
The benefits are often…
14 March 2023
Economic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) is frequently used to present ecosystem value in a policy-relevant and accessible way (which can be leveraged into decision-making). Practitioners and decision-makers use a range of methods to assess the value and relative importance of the full range…
14 March 2023
Aside from TESSA, there are other tools that are used to measure and valuate ecosystem services. Two of them are the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES). InVEST models are spatially-explicit, utilizing maps as…