Projects in Asia/Pacific
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- We worked with the World Bank, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and local planners in Guangzhou to assess the value of natural capital in two different contexts: the Haizhu wetland and the New Knowledge City.
- NatCap is working with our partners at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop scientifically rigorous GEP measures for use in pilots around the country.
- Through investments of more than US$150 billion in conservation and development initiatives since 2000, China has established the highest rate of reforestation worldwide.
- To help create a more sustainable and resilient rangeland system, a diverse group of interests is innovating together as the Sustainable Cashmere Project.
- Conserving Nepal's Rivers through strategic trade-off analyses.
- Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools.
- Working to target and value investments in natural capital and watershed management to reduce excess sediment to the Kaligandaki, a hydropower facility.
- Working to target and value investments in natural capital and watershed management to reduce excess sediment to the Mangla Reservoir.
- Improving the understanding of how the development of infrastructure and opportunities for tourists will change visitation to Jeju Island by Korean and international tourists.
- Working to improve management of forest areas and demonstrate the value of those forests for sustaining the hydropower sector.
- Working to provide analysis of Payment for Ecosystem Services programs across China, such as the Sloping Land Conversion Program.
- Quantifying the benefits, costs, and livelihood implications of the Sloping Land Conversion Program.
- Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools.
- Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools.
- Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools.
- Integrating natural capital valuation into spatial plans guiding development and conservation on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
- Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.
- Working to integrate ecosystem service considerations into integrated spatial planning in Mondulkiri Province in Cambodia.
- Informing spatial planning in Kalimantan at island and district levels, motivating the designation of the Heart of Borneo as a Strategic National Area.
- Assessing the regional planning implications of Ecosystem Function Conservation Area designations in Hainan Island.
- Informing development of a new planned road from Dawei, Myanmar to Thailand, and quantifying and mapping natural capital across the nation to support development and implementation of the country's Green Economy strategy.
- Developing and testing a modeling approach to assess the flood mitigation service provided by natural ecosystems.
- Assessing ecosystem services provided by the Chamkhar river basin to downstream hydropower projects and other stakeholders to enable the development and implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services.