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China Carbon Trading Mechanism and Potentials

25 November 2016
Prof. Zhihong Wei of Tsinghua University introduced the carbon trading market in the PRC. Two carbon trading mechanisms have been established in the PRC—(i) the “GHG voluntary emission reduction trading” (CCER) founded in 2012, and (ii) the “carbon emission rights trading” (CCERT) proposed by end…

Ecocompensation in Yunnan Province Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Li Yuan, Director of the Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, introduced the development of ecological protection compensation system in Yunnan Province. Li shared that ecological protection compensation efforts in Yunnan primarily encompass public welfare forests, grasslands, key…

Ecocompensation in Qinghai Province Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Hou Baojian, director of Qinghai Development and Reform Commission, introduced the practices and prospects of ecological compensation in Qinghai Province. Qinghai is the origin of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Lancang River. As the headwaters of these rivers, the province is known as…

Ecocompensation in Sichuan Province Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Yu Hua, director of Sichuan Development and Reform Commission, presented the experiences and prospects of ecological compensation in Sichuan Province. The provincial government attaches great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of the ecological environment…

Ecocompensation in Chongqing Municipality Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Ye Chengli, deputy director of the Economic Cooperation Division of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, briefly presented the relevant work on ecological compensation in Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing implemented the development strategy of establishing five functional…

Toward a National Ecocompensation Regulation in the Peoples Republic of China

24 November 2016
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Deputy Director General Xiao Weiming and ADB East Asia Department Director General Ayumi Konishi opened the event and also launched the publication, Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the PRC.…

An International Overview of Innovative Financing Instruments for Ecosystem Management and Implications for the Peoples 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…

Progress in Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Viet Nam

24 November 2016
Pham Hong Luong, director of the Department of Planning and Finance, Viet Nam Administration of Forestry, provided a briefing on Viet Nam’s payment for forest environmental services (PFES). PFES was piloted in 2008 in two provinces, Son La and Lam Dong, and replicated throughout the country in 2011…

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…

Setting the Social and Environmental Agenda in China Why is it Important

24 November 2016
Prof. Zuo Ting of the China Agricultural University and the China Center for Poverty Reduction and Development discussed three main topics: (i) the general situation of poverty in the PRC; (ii) poverty incidence in poverty-stricken areas and environmental sensitive areas; and (iii) eco-protection…