Harmonizing Marine Plastic Pollution Data in the East Asian Seas Regional cooperation and improved data practices can help address the challenge of plastic pollution more effectively.
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.
Reducing Viet Nam’s Plastic Pollution through Digital Data Access to information, evidence, and policy development help identify situations and monitor the effects of policy interventions.
Optimizing Municipal Waste Collection in the Philippines through a Smart App A digital application has helped reduce marine plastic leakage by improving municipal solid waste collection.
Developing Timor-Leste’s Blue Economy Initiatives should start by focusing on building awareness on the importance of oceans and coastal habitat.
Rehabilitating the Chao Lake Basin in the People’s Republic of China Strengthening the capacity of the new lake authority was a critical success factor in implementing an integrated lake basin management project.
Environmental DNA: A Promising Tool for Biodiversity Monitoring In Samoa, eDNA survey techniques were used to assess the potential effects of a proposed dam on freshwater ecosystems.
Leveraging Nuclear Technology for Plastic Waste Management IAEA is partnering with a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific to transform plastic waste into valuable materials through the use of radiation technology.
Digital Tools for Accurate and Low-Cost Biodiversity Monitoring Drones, remote sensing, and other tech-driven solutions make biodiversity monitoring and impact assessment for development projects easier and less costly.
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.