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  • This report reviews the evidence of impacts that transportation infrastructure growth is having on Asian elephant populations and presents guidelines, policies, laws, practices, and emerging technologies that could reduce the risks. It also provides examples of proven mitigation measures currently being implemented in various Asian elephant range states.

  • Transparent 2021 is the latest annual report from ReSource: Plastic examining where and how its Member companies have made progress on plastic waste mitigation.

  • The Building Material Selection and Use: An Environmental Guide provides guidance on environmentally responsible selection, sourcing, use and disposal of building material. It also outlines the potential environmental and social impacts of different building materials throughout their life cycle. The guide is designed for government agencies, private sector companies, NGOs, and community-based organizations engaged in building construction and post-disaster reconstruction.

  • Corruption early in the infrastructure lifecycle creates cascading negative effects and significant conservation impacts. Within infrastructure, the conservation impacts of grand corruption are greater than those of petty corruption. Anti-corruption strategies to increase integrity, transparency, and accountability can reduce these impacts but require complementary advocacy efforts and direct action.

  • Restorative aquaculture may be one of the best opportunities to simultaneously improve the health of aquatic environments and provide food for a growing population. The Global Principles of Restorative Aquaculture report establishes a clear definition of restorative aquaculture and provides clarity on how this approach can be effectively implemented and fostered. The report is a collaborative effort with co-authors from 12 highly regarded global universities, government, non-profits, and financial institutions.

    The Nature Conservancy. 2021. Global Principles of Restorative Aquaculture. Arlington, VA.

  • The IUCN World Conservation Congress hybrid in-person and virtual forum session(Sept 6, 2021) hosted by WWF, UNEP-WCMC, and the Development Corridors Partnership brought together experts from across public and private sectors to explore practical solutions to the complex challenges faced in the planning and implementation of sustainable infrastructure. Setting the tone of the session, Nicolas Buchoud, a leading infrastructure expert and our session moderator, posed the question: How can we break barriers to acquaint the world of infrastructure with biodiversity?

    Over the course of the ninety-minute session, key insights and examples were provided to illuminate the practical and realistic solutions available for future sustainable infrastructure development. The discussion was guided by overarching responses to the challenges surrounding data and standards; awareness, technical capacity, and know-how; collaboration & participatory approaches; and policy and regulatory incentives.

  • This sets out WWF‚'s views on implementing high-impact and high-quality nature-based solutions for climate mitigation from the perspective of the people and the places where we work, as a companion to WWF‚'s Blueprint for Corporate Action on Climate and Nature, which focuses on business- or demand-side integrity.

  • Climate Crowd on the Ground is a compilation of 15 Climate Crowd projects implemented in 8 countries, helping to build the resilience of people and nature to a changing climate. These projects are informed, designed, and implemented hand in hand with rural communities around the world. A big focus of the projects is improved water security, for example through rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation, fog catchers, solar-powered boreholes, and greywater recycling. Other projects focus on climate-smart agriculture, alternative livelihoods, education for schools, reforestation, clean cookstoves, and weather stations. The Climate Crowd methodology is to provide training and guidance to local partners who work with communities to collect data using a key informant survey. The Climate Crowd team then analyzes the data, compiling summary reports that highlight key trends. The findings are then presented back to the communities, and we work with them to co-design and implement on-the-ground projects to address climate vulnerabilities using funding from Climate Crowd.

  • A "game-changing" ban on commercial processing and trade in elephant ivory was implemented by the State Council, China's Cabinet, on December 31, 2017. TRAFFIC and WWF commissioned GlobeScan before the ban became effective in 2017 to conduct the largest-ever ivory consumer research in China. This research has been conducted annually using the same methodology and surveying consumers in the same 15 cities. We believe this to be the most in-depth, longest-running research effort into consumer demand for ivory to date.

  • The Center for Large Landscape Conservation is pleased to announce the completion of the 14-month, USAID-funded "LISA Project" to advance wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure in Asia.

    As Asia experiences unprecedented economic growth, the continent‚'s rich biodiversity and complex ecosystems are threatened by the rapid expansion of linear infrastructure development like roads, railways, and power lines. In 2020, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched their Linear Infrastructure Safeguards in Asia (LISA) Project‚ – an assessment of the capacity of Asian countries to develop wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure. Due to the Center‚'s expertise in this area of conservation, including road ecology, we were selected to be the lead investigator on this project for USAID‚'s contractor, Perez, APC.

    Twenty-four experts from seven countries formed the LISA Project team to build a base of knowledge to support Asian countries in planning wildlife safeguards for future linear infrastructure development. The project conducted its research through an in-depth literature review, a policy assessment, Asia-wide and fine-scale spatial analyses, personal interviews, an electronic survey, and the compilation of case studies.