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Building local capacity in climate change vulnerability analysis
12 Laguna towns in the Philippine have picked for EEPSEA-climate change study. The Twelve Laguna towns have been included as sites of a Southeast Asian research project on climate change. Titled “Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change for Selected Southeast Asian Countries: Vulnerability Assessment and Economic Analysis of Adaptation,”…in Outreach
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Policy Forum on “Project Appraisal and Environmental Values from a Sustainable Development Perspective”
The policy forum on “Project Appraisal and Environmental Values from a Sustainable Development Perspective” was part of the EEPSEA-EAAERE joint conference held in Hanoi from May 18-20, 2011. It was facilitated by Prof. Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University, Japan) with three distinguished panellists: Prof. Jintao Xu (Peking University, China), Prof. Daigee…in Outreach
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Policy Brief - How Much Do People Value Clean Air? - A Case Study From Jakarta
Poor air quality in Indonesia's capital city is having a significant impact on residents' health and there is an urgent need to introduce new initiatives to deal with the problem. To help justify investment in such new strategies, this study has looked at the value that citizens in the Jakarta…in Outreach
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Policy Brief - Tackling Industrial Pollution In Thailand - Can A Voluntary Approach Work?
Thailand, like many developing nations, is facing a wide range of environmental challenges, many of which are caused by industrial pollution. The country has found that traditional command and control legislation is not effectively tackling this problem. It is therefore promoting various voluntary environmental programmes as a way for businesses…in Outreach
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Policy Brief - Saving Fishers and Fish - An Assessment of Fishery Management Options for the Visayan Sea in the Philippines
The Visayan Sea is one of the most important and threatened marine areas in the Philippines. It is a source of income and food for thousands of people and an ecological recource of world importance. However, over exploitation means that fishing in the area is no longer sustainable and that…in Outreach
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Policy Brief - Willingness to Pay for Marine Turtle Conservation in Asia
Marine turtles are important, not only for their economic and intrinsic value, but because an adequate population of marine turtles is often an indicator of healthy marine ecosystem. Of the seven species of marine turtles, four are critically endangered, while two are in the next-highest risk category.in Outreach
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