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Mitigations to Minimize Transport Infrastructure Impacts on Biodiversity

28 April 2022
This presentation gave an overview of green infrastructure mitigation options available when avoidance of impacts is not possible.

Modelling Biodiversity Impacts of Development Infrastructures and Identification of Potential Project Alternatives and Offset Areas

28 April 2022
This presentation discussed methods for modeling biodiversity that can help to assess potential impacts and identify options for infrastructure development that achieve better outcomes for biodiversity.

Cumulative Impact Assessments and Case Studies

27 April 2022
Infrastructure development including upgraded highway systems act as trigger for induced development and land use change. Impacts are not just immediate or within a single lifetime but accumulate both in temporal and spatial scopes. Therefore, it is critical that infrastructure development always…

Monitoring and Performance Evaluation: Case Study on the Bhutan Road Network Project-II

27 April 2022
Improvements and innovation in design of linear infrastructure such as roads and bridges are observed to be beneficial to wildlife crossings. This is among the findings of a 2-phased monitoring study in Bhutan particularly in a 183-kilometer highway and feeder road constructed under RNP II with the…

Economics of Transportation Infrastructure: Balancing Needs of Biodiversity Conservation and Costs

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…

[VIDEO] Training on Planning and Design of Smart Linear Infrastructure for Biodiversity Protection Day 3

27 April 2022
Day 3 webinar recording

Current Practices and Design for Mitigating Road Impacts on Wildlife Populations

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-…

Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure on Biodiversity in Asia

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…

Web-based Tools for Baseline Biodiversity Assessment and Stakeholder Engagement: The Narayanghat-Hetauda-Patlaiya & Narayanghat-Butwal Road Experiences

26 April 2022
Following an overview on Baseline Biodiversity Assessment (BBA), this session deepens the appreciation of the use of web-based tools for BBA and stakeholder engagement. An overview on web GIS architecture, foundation project life cycles, and key components (e.g., data inventory, data collection,…

Applying Nature-based Solutions to Conserve Natural Capital and Achieve Climate Resilience

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…