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Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The National Greening Program of the Philippines

24 November 2016
The Philippines’ remaining forest cover accounts for only 23% of the country’s land area. This compelled then President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to issue Executive Order (EO) No. 23, immediately banning logging in natural forests and intensified forest protection. On 24 February 2011, EO No. 26…

An International Overview of Innovative Financing Instruments for Ecosystem Management, and Implications for the People's Republic of China

24 November 2016
Michael Bennett, Forest Trends senior researcher, outlined some of the major types of innovative approaches for conservation finance globally, and highlighted some of the main trends in the developments of these approaches. In the presentation, Bennett discussed the position of the People’s…

Current Status and Developments in REDD+ Globally

24 November 2016
Protecting and restoring tropical forests is a large-scale and cheap way to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change encourages the international transaction of credits for reducing…

ANJA GmBH

24 November 2016
Food systems are a vital component of sustainable development as highlighted in this presentation. The importance of using the One Planet Living sustainability approach in addressing global challenges is also discussed.

On-The-Ground Community Engagement: Forest Conservation through Agroforestry

24 November 2016
The perspectives on sustainable practices of Asia Pulp and Paper, an Indonesian pulp and paper business, are provided in this presentation. The company's Integrated Forestry and Farming System is used as a case example.

Resource Recovery to Green Up Industries in Asia

24 November 2016
An overview of waste management in Asia, including trends, common misinterpretations, game changers, and recommendations for improvement is provided in this presentation. The involvement of governments is needed to unlock the dormant and huge waste-derived product market that exists in the region.…

Green Infrastructure and Municipal Services

24 November 2016
Much waste is generated in municipalities. This presentation shares tips for reducing waste and improving the use of resources to achieve efficiency and sustainability in the provision of municipal services.

Sustainable Green Fuel Enterprise

24 November 2016
The experiences of a sustainable fuel enterprise are shared in this presentation. It also includes a number of lessons that businesses can learn from to make an environmental impact.

From Black Baseload to Smart Renewables: Making Kerosene and Coal the Next Kodak

24 November 2016
Katerina Kimmorley, co-founder of a solar business in India, argues that innovation must happen in the distribution mechanism to reach the poorest communities. Her presentation discusses in detail how solar products became accessible to India's slum communities through Pollinate Energy's social…

Developing and Promoting Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism in the Coral Triangle

24 November 2016
Jointly organized by ADB and the World Wide Fund for Nature, this session discussed investment opportunities in nature-based tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. The Coral Triangle Sustainable Nature-based Tourism Project aims to assist the six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral…