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Introduction to Wetland Ecosystem Services and Payment for Ecosystem Services

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…

Introduction to ecosystem services assessment tools: the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA)

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…

Adapting ecosystem service assessment tools: Experiences and lessons learned

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…

Building a Business Case for the Future of our Shared Flyway

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…

Understanding of Korean Agrifood Market

24 February 2023

Scoping Study to Leverage Carbon Markets for Indian Smallholders

10 February 2023
This presentation gives an overview of India’s carbon potential and voluntary carbon market price trends.

Learning Video 5: How can resilience of the urban poor be strengthened at the city level?

6 February 2023
The urban poor in Asia and the Pacific are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This learning video series provides an overview of what stakeholders from across three different levels – household, community, and city – can do to strengthen the resilience of the urban poor and…

AASCTF Guided Learning Program Home Exercise Module 1

31 January 2023
This home exercise, which was part of the AASCTF Guided Learning Program course focuses on data collection and storage and introduces collecting data methods. It also discussed key steps in case development to define data collection to improve urban living, as well as the common barriers that…

AASCTF Guided Learning Program Home Exercise Module 2

31 January 2023
This home exercise, which was part of the AASCTF Guided Learning Program course provided an introduction to data governance in a city setting and how it can be applied in an organization, highlighting the challenges cities face in making accurate data available and maintaining it in a secure…

AASCTF Guided Learning Program Home Exercise Module 3

31 January 2023
This home exercise, which was part of the AASCTF Guided Learning Program course provided an introduction to data collection methods and key steps in case development to define data collection to improve urban living, as well as the barriers that cities face in collecting and storing urban data.