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Peer-reviewed Article

July 2024

Potential of agrivoltaics in ASEAN considering a scenario where agroforestry expansion is also pursued

In Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Integration of solar photovoltaics on croplands (“agrivoltaics”) has been promoted as an environmentally-friendly approach for solar energy deployment. Past studies, however, have not considered that these croplands could alternatively be used as sites for expanding agroforestry, a practice which provides important ecosystem services to the...

Peer-reviewed Article

April 2024

Exploring landscape values and willingness to pay for perceived ecosystem services: The case of Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape

In Sustainability

Since the 1990s, the Philippines has established numerous protected areas aimed at preserving re-gions with distinct biological and ecological characteristics. However, transitioning towards a more comprehensive approach to managing these protected areas, one that effectively conserves biodiversity while also supporting the welfare of local...

Peer-reviewed Article

August 2023

Better monitoring of forests according to FAO’s definitions through map integration: Significance and limitations in the context of global environmental goals

In International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

National monitoring of forests is essential for tracking progress towards various global environmental goals, including those of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. Inconsistent national definitions of “forest”, however, can complicate the tracking of global progress towards achieving these goals. The FAO’s...

Non Peer-reviewed Article

July 2022

July 2022

小学生向け多文化共生・国際関係・生物多様性学習プログラムの開発―ランドスケープ描画法の提案―

In JISE REPORT

この報文は, 絵を描いて自然や生物との関わりを学ぶ「ランドスケープ描画法（Landscape Drawing Method: LDM）」の目的を紹介するとともに，ラオス人民民主共和国・農村部小学校の授業実践から得られた経験を基に, 多文化共生・国際関係理解，生物多様性分野の教育研究・学習活動における本法の応用手順と長所・短所を整理し，その上で，日本の小学生児童（高学年）向けの「学習指導計画」を提案しています． Developing a learning program for elementary school children for multicultural coexistence, international relations, and biodiversity-Proposal...

Keywords:

Landscape sustainability

Biodiversity

environmental education

Commissioned Report

March 2022

持続可能なフードシステムの構築のための食料バリューチェーンにおける環境負荷等の見える化に関する研究開発業務最終報告書

「持続可能なフードシステムの構築のための食料バリューチェーンにおける環境負荷等の見える化に関する研究開発業務」では、食料バリューチェーンにおける環境負荷等の見える化プロジェクト活動を推進するために、日本において輸入を通じた環境負荷の程度が大きいコモディティを対象に、食料のバリューチェーンの構造を分析した。また、環境・社会・経済の３つの側面から、バリューチェーンの現況を調査し課題を把握する。加えて、把握した課題に対する改善策や解決策を生産者や輸出入業者等を含むステークホルダーとともに検討を行い、持続可能なフードシステムの構築に資する知見を提供することを本研究開発の目的とした。本報告書では、インドネシアにおけるパーム油生産とベトナムにおけるコーヒー生産について実施した、研究開発の実施項目 ①～...

Keywords:

サプライチェーン

コーヒー

パーム油

ランドスケープ

管轄アプローチ

持続可能な調達

Training or Learning Material

March 2022

Active, Beautiful and Clean (ABC) Waters - Singapore

Inspired by Nature-based solutions and actions

Urban rivers in Singapore are surrounded by concrete embankments and riverbeds that degrade the natural ecosystem and ecosystem services. The Singapore government has taken up several initiatives to restore the urban environment and the ABC program is a significant one among them. Many factors have played a role in the success of the ABC program...

Keywords:

urban areas

environmental sustainability

Conference Proceeding

January 2022

Landscape approach for biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development co-benefits

On Thursday 2 December 2021, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) convened a session entitled “Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Co-benefits” at the 13th International Forum for Sustainable Asia...

Policy Brief

December 2021

Strengthening agricultural certification schemes by adding criteria on forest restoration

Agricultural certification schemes are increasingly requiring concession holders to prevent deforestation when they develop plantations but do not sufficiently address forest restoration, which is necessary to prevent further biodiversity loss. This policy brief recommends, by focusing on palm oil, that agricultural certification schemes strengthen...

Keywords:

concession holders

certification

Biodiversity

forest

Conference Proceeding

August 2020

Report of the Science-Policy Dialogue for South-East Asia and North-East Asia on the IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment

Science-Policy Dialogue for South-East Asia and North-East Asia on the IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment

A subregional biodiversity science-policy dialogue workshop for South-East Asia and North-East Asia was held at the Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort, Bangkok, Thailand from 21-23 October 2019. The workshop formed part of the “Capacity Building Project for the Implementation of IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment”, funded by the Japan...

Keywords:

Biodiversity

science and policy interface

Policy Report

January 2020

January 2020

Environmental Changes in Tonle Sap Lake and its Floodplain: Status and Policy Recommendations

Tonle Sap Lake (TSL), the largest lake in South East Asia, is under increasing pressure from pollution, land-use change, climate change, and development activities in the lake, its basin and the Mekong Basin. Recent changes in the lake hydrological system and its floodplains are becoming a great concern for hundreds of communities relying on the...