Duncan Lang
Senior Environment Specialist, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank

Duncan Lang is ADB’s lead for the Regional Flyway Initiative and is currently leading the biodiversity component of the ongoing update to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement. He also led ADB’s support for the recent development of a sensitivity mapping tool for energy planning (AVISTEP) in collaboration with BirdLife International.

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Using Biodiversity Credits to Conserve Vultures and Safeguard Ecosystems

The vulture collapse in South Asia due to diclofenac has caused health, economic, and cultural issues, driving urgent conservation efforts and the exploration of new biodiversity credit mechanisms.

   Environment; Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being; Goal 15: Life on Land
Explainer

How to Move from Resolutions to Actions in Addressing Biodiversity Challenges

COP14 resolutions reinforce ADB’s mandate to support DMCs in meeting their obligations through strengthened safeguards.

   Uzbekistan; Agriculture and natural resources; Climate change; Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water; Goal 15: Life on Land; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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The Regional Flyway Initiative: Building a Business Case for Sustainable Wetlands

Governments work together to develop viable projects and financing to protect and preserve the wetlands along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.

   Environment; Regional cooperation and integration
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water; Goal 15: Life on Land; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals