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This study examines land use changes and evaluates the past and projected forest carbon sequestration and its valuation in Viti Levu Island, Fiji, through a combination of remote sensing with a geospatial-based modeling approach. Land use classification was performed using Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 imageries of the years 2000 and 2020; then, cellular...

The ‘Scoping study on compound, cascading and systemic risks in the Asia-Pacific’, undertaken by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Asia Pacific Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (AP-STAG), presents an important opportunity to explore the challenges and potential associated with better understanding and managing...

Forests are an important natural resource and are instrumental in sustaining environmental sustainability. Burning biomass in forests results in greenhouse gas emissions, many of which are longlived. Precise and consistent broad-scale monitoring of fire intensity is a valuable tool for analyzing climate and ecological changes related to fire...

This chapter describes the current status and challenges regarding the governance of wastewater surveillance systems against COVID-19. Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater has been proposed to be a potential tool to understand the actual prevalence of COVID-19 in the community, and it could be an effective tool during the pandemic to monitor the...

[DAISY] (テキストのみDAISY3形式、zipファイル) この度、NPO法人支援技術開発機構(ATDO)様のサポートによりGEOユースアジア太平洋のDAISY版の作成を行うことができました。DAISYとは誰もが読めるアクセシブルな電子書籍の国際標準規格です。 DAISYについて、また再生ツールの詳細に関してはこちらをご覧ください。 https://atdo.website/

国連環境計画(UNEP)により出版された「地球環境概況(Global Environment Outlook: GEO)-6ユース：アジア太平洋」は、ユースのためにユースにより書かれた報告書です。IGESではこの報告書の執筆、和訳および誰にでも読めるDAISY版への翻訳のサポートを行いました。

[DAISY] GEO for Youth Asia and the Pacific (text only DAISY3, zip file) IGES is proud to provide GEO for Youth Asia and the Pacific in DAISY format. DAISY enables accessibility of information to all, including people with print disabilities. This DAISY file was created by persons with disabilities and the support of the Assistive Technology...

Although it is widely acknowledged that forests provide critical ecosystem services for human survival and well-being, in the Asia-Pacific region forests are being converted to other land uses and degraded at alarming rates. One underlying factor for this destruction of forests is market failure. Forests are cleared for other land uses or degraded...

The workshop on Climate Change Impact Assessments and Adaptation Planning in the Asia-Pacific Region: Advancing Practices in Climate Change Adaptation at the National, Local, and Sectoral Levels was held in Manila, Philippines from January 31 to February 1, 2018 as part of the initiative of the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Japan...

2018年1月31日から2月1日にかけて、フィリピン・マニラで「アジア太平洋地域における気候変動影響評価および適応計画策定に関する能力向上ワークショップ：国・地方・セクターレベルの気候変動適応行動の促進」が開催されました。日本の環境省（MOEJ）のイニシアティブの一環として、アジア太平洋地域適応ネットワーク（APAN）、ICLEI東南アジア事務局の協力の下、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）と三菱総合研究所（MRI）の共催によって実施された本ワークショップでは、気候変動適応（CCA）の実施強化を支援することを目的に、計画策定から実践へ移行する際の主な課題が議論されました。本ワークショップは、16か国から集まった国、国際機関、大学・研究機関、NGO等の代表にとって...