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A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
The city-state offers a good case example for other Southeast Asian countries vying to become tech and innovation hubs.
Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.
Involving forest users in managing and conserving resources while strengthening value chains help curb illegal logging and forest fires.
Jiangxi province in the People’s Republic of China enhances forest productivity and ecosystem health using holistic and sustainable practices.
Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.
In the PRC, the successful restoration of the Ma’anshan and Zhihui mining pits showcases innovative business models.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
Large-scale reversal of deforestation can be achieved through effective interventions and finance mechanisms that support conservation initiatives.