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Effective resettlement begins with keeping people at the heart of planning and decision-making.
Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.
Countries need to adopt new regulations and technologies to counter an estimated $66 million net welfare loss by 2040.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
A project in Chaonan district in the People’s Republic China shows how to improve services in rural areas and small towns with scarce water resources.
Strategies from three metro rail projects in India include embedded design measures and noise barrier installation.
Strengthening governance, building institutional capacity, and weeding out corruption are essential for effective privatization.
In the People’s Republic of China, biogas plants supply electricity to livestock farms using their wastes and produce organic fertilizer for eco-farming.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.