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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...

This report was developed as part of a series of three research publications on the research project led by UNU-IAS and IGES on monitoring and evaluation of education for sustainable development, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This report specifically focuses on the development of an appropriate framework for structuring the approach on...

A participatory pilot project is implemented based on the result of group’s discussion and brainstorming at the training workshop that carried out in Phitsanulok Municipality, Thailand. After returning to Battambang, Cambodia, a working group was formulated by the trainees in August 2012. Members of the working group include representatives from...

Rapid urbanisation has led to a host of environmental and social issues in Asia, with increased energy consumption being the most alarming. Effective low carbon development policies aimed at rational land use, energy efficiency, and improved public transport and an emphasis on renewable energy sources are the need of the hour. Such efforts are...

A new pansharpening method was developed and applied to Landsat 8’s multispectral image bands. It involves adding two new terms to the commonly-used Fast Intensity-Saturation-Hue (FIHS) algorithm: a trend-based modulation factor, and a band modulation factor. The proposed method was tested on an urban study area in Yokohama, Japan and an...

エネルギー対策特別会計を用いた海外でのCO2排出削減事業の効果測定、優先順位付け等に貢献することを目的に、以下の業務を実施した。 １． 低炭素技術の国際的評価と効率的な普及方策; 1) 日本の低炭素技術の国際普及に向けた技術マッチメイキング・プラットフォームの効果の評価とその強化策の検討及び評価、2) JCM スキームによる低炭素技術の国際普及による効果等の評価及び同技術の効果的な普及策の提案、インド及びタイにおける活動の成果の共有並びに今後の活動・連携強化に関する協議等をおこなうため、3) 国内検討会を開催し、活動を総括した。 ２． 都市間連携事業のスケールアップに向けた評価・検証； 2013 年度以降に実施してきた案件形成事業から選定した事業に関して1)...

This presentation introduces IGES project on MRV of organic waste separation at source project in Phitsanulok Municipality in 2013.