This brief presents an overview of the policy recommendations prepared under a technical assistance (TA) project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which provided technical support and policy advice in the formulation and design of the Yangtze River Protection Law (YRPL), 2020 of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).1 The YRPL represents a legislative landmark for strengthening policy and regulatory frameworks to achieve environmental protection and Sustainable Development Goals in the PRC’s largest and most significant river basin.

This is an ADB policy brief that offers recommendations for the transition of the Yellow River basin into an ecological corridor to improve natural capital protection, ecological restoration, and sustainable agricultural practices.

This document gives an overview of the economic status and structure of Bhutan.

This Environmental Code of Practice (ECOP) applies to activities such as trekking, camping, bird watching, and river running. Most of these activities are also covered under the Bhutan Trekking Rules and Regulation 1996.

This document contains details of the purpose and scope of the Environmental Codes of Practice in order to manage the road project on the execution level in an environmental sound way and in
accordance with the recommendations of the sectoral guidelines issued by NEC.

This document contains details of the regulations for the approval of projects in relation to the environment.

This document contains details of the guidelines for the conducting environmental scoping in relation to the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process.

This document contains details of the guidelines for the project approving agencies in regards to the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process.

This document contains details of purposes and objectives of Biodiversity Act of Bhutan 2003 and will apply to all the genetic and biochemical resources including wild, domesticated and cultivated species of flora and fauna, both in-situ and ex-situ conditions found within the territory of Kingdom of Bhutan.