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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…
14 March 2023
The Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) team joined the 11th East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) Meeting of the Parties in Brisbane, Australia (12-17 Mar 2023). ADB’s Duncan Lang and BirdLife International’s Ding Li Yong delivered the keynote presentation, which covered the status of…
19 January 2023
This Law is formulated in order to settle the disputes over the right for rural landcontractual operation in a fair and timely manner, protect the legitimate rights and interests of theparties concerned, and facilitate the development of rural economy and social stability.
23 November 2022
This presentation discussed the environmental assessment of the countries in Asia and the Pacific countries.
25 October 2022
The document outlines the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Safeguard Policy Update process, including stakeholder consultations, objectives, methodologies, and findings related to environmental and social safeguards.
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
20 May 2022