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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…
23 November 2022
This presentation discussed the environmental assessment of the countries in Asia and the Pacific countries.
People’s Republic of China: Consulting and Contracting Firms, Trade Associations, and Advisory Firms
28 April 2022
People’s Republic of China: Consulting and Contracting Firms, Trade Associations, and Advisory Firms
28 April 2022
27 April 2022
Economic analysis tools are important instruments that support decision making for infrastructure development including rural roads. The use of these tools such as economic valuation, cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria analysis help identify potential impacts and their costs, which could be…
26 April 2022
Mitigating road impacts on wildlife populations require innovative design and practices. Crossing structures have been observed to be more effective than other systems. For example, more than 50 studies revealed thatthe combination of fencing and crossing structures led to an 83% reduction in road-…
26 April 2022
The world is a highly paved planet. By 2050, there will be about 5 million kilometers of new road lanes and 300,000 kilometers of new railway tracks. To address potential negative environmental impacts of these massive infrastructures, USAID has developed the project, Linear Infrastructure…
26 April 2022
Linear infrastructure projects need to support and take advantage of natural capital, as well as help build resilience against climate change. Clearly, each element of natural capital can be enhanced or degraded through human activities such as road construction, land clearing, forest burning, or…
26 April 2022
As Asia experiences unprecedented economic growth, much of the region’s natural landscapes are threatened by the rapid expansion of linear infrastructure development. Biodiversity loss in disintegrated landscapes is both a challenge and a major barrier to future developments. Investing in ‘…