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Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world.
In Samoa, eDNA survey techniques were used to assess the potential effects of a proposed dam on freshwater ecosystems.
CSOs can play an array of roles in implementing the SDGs, but they need capacity support and a conducive legal and political environment to do so.
In Ulaanbaatar, an integrated approach to urban planning has helped connect isolated ger districts to basic services.
There are no legal conflicts between the standards of the Eurasian Economic Union and Codex Alimentarius, but there is some confusion.
Savvy project management accelerates construction of a 75 km railway in war-torn Afghanistan.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Smart planning and spending improves public services and raises productivity, attracting more private capital and labor and sustaining growth.
Regional cooperation can support a well-functioning enabling environment and fast-track the growth of the digital economy.