Good Practice Inventory DB

(1)

Good Practice Inventory DB

Database launched on the Website in June 2003

http://iges.or.jp/APEIS/RISPO

(2)

Strategic Policy Options DB

Database will be launched on the Website in June 2005

--

now under construction

Approx. 82

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Structure of GPI and SPO DB

- Keywords - Strategy - Environmental areas - Critical instruments - Country - Location - Participants - Duration - Funding - Background

-RISPO

SPO

RISPO

GPI

- Title - Keywords - Strategy - Environmental areas - Critical instruments - Country - Location - Participants - Duration - Funding … - References Sub- theme EST … … References SMEs RR IFRED BIEPS CBT EE LINKS

- Title of sub- theme - Title of strategy

- Title of strategic policy option - Summary

- Background

- Critical Instruments

-- Related Good Practices

- Related Analytical Background Papers

- Title of sub- theme - Title of strategy

- Title of strategic policy option - Summary

- Background

- Critical Instruments

…

- Related Good Practices

- Related Analytical Background Papers

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Focus of

SPOs

developed

12

SMEs

17

EST

12

LINK

7

EE

6

CBT

10

BiEPS

8

Recycle

10

IFRED

Economic focus

Social focus

Comprehensive

analysis

Total 82 cases

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Promoting Environment Education by NGOs

Primary/Secondary Education:

SPO for Expanding the Delivery of EE

SPO for Combining ICT and EE

SPO for Incorporating EE in Continuing Education

SPO for Increasing Opportunities for Environmental Learning

through the Media

Increasing Opportunities

for Informal Learning

SPO for Networking Multi

SPO for Networking Multi--stakeholders stakeholders Enhancing Non

Enhancing Non--formal formal Education by NGOs

Education by NGOs

Tertiary Education:

SPO for Enhancing the Delivery of Environmental Expertise

SPO for Enhancing Teacher Education/ Training

Enhancing Formal

Education with Non

Education with Non- -governmental Resources

governmental Resources

Strategic Policy Options

Strategy

Aims at enhancing Environment Education in both formal and non-formal education by

NGOs especially aimed at school students, universities and teachers.

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Promoting Local/Indigenous Knowledge based Sustainable

Resource Management (LINK)

Applying LINK Applying LINK to to sectoral sectoral programmes programmes Promoting/ Promoting/ enhancing LINK enhancing LINK Mainstreaming Mainstreaming LINK LINK Building LINK Building LINK- -focused focused institutional institutional framework framework Strategies Strategies identified identified

(4.1) Enhance adaptation to climate change

LINK underutilised

(4.4) Embody LINK in coastal resource management

policy

(4.3) Integrate LINK in forest P olicy

(4.2) Integrate LINK in agricultural policy

(3.1) Recognise

(3.1) Recognise ““marketmarket”” value of LINKvalue of LINK--based goods based goods

and services

(3.2) P reserve cultural heritage as a basis for LINK

preservation

Value of LINK not

fully recognised

(2.2) Build LINK into cross

(2.2) Build LINK into cross--sectoral policy developmentsectoral policy development

(2.3) Empow er LINK communities

(2.1) Incorporate LINK into educational curricula

LINK marginalised

& vanishing

(1.2) Netw ork stakeholders and develop partnerships

(

(1.1) Build and strengthen national institutions1.1) Build and strengthen national institutions Inadequate Inadequate institutional institutional arrangement for arrangement for LINK conservation LINK conservation

Strategic P olicy Options

Major

challenges

Aims at illustrating the importance and potential for application of LINK and

explores the potential contribution of LINK and its related practices to sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region.

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Outputs Environmental Protection Economic Benefit Tourist Satisfaction Environmental Education Sustainable Community Cultural Continuous Community Livelihood Government

Policies CBT ActivitiesCBT Activities

Organize low impact tourism in protected areas (See Strategy 2) Influences from Societies

＜Protected Area Management Regime＞

Enhance socio-economic benefit to local communities (See Strategy 3) Community Involvement Community Involvement Natural resources, biodiversity and environment conservation & Protection (See Strategy 1) Protected Area Protected Area Management Management System System

P rotected Area Management &

Community Based Tourism (CBT)

Recent trends demonstrate growing

number of people travel to protected areas.

Recognized the importance of involving

local people in tourism activities and

environmental protection of the

environmental protection of the PAsPAs.. Community

Community--based tourism (CBT) is an based tourism (CBT) is an important concept for facilitating

important concept for facilitating

sustainable uses of the

sustainable uses of the PAsPAs

Facilitating community

-

based tourism

in protected areas

Aims of the Sub

Aims of the Sub--ThemeTheme

To compile good practices of

To compile good practices of local local

community participation

community participation in tourism in tourism in protected areas

in protected areas

To propose innovative Strategic

Policy Options on ways to

Policy Options on ways to actively actively

involve communities

involve communities living in or living in or around protected areas in tourism

around protected areas in tourism

Improve benefits distribution mechanisms to local economy Improve benefits distribution mechanisms to local economy SPO 6

SPO 6

Encourage capacity building programs for members of local Encourage capacity building programs for members of local community

community SPO 5

SPO 5

Enhance socio

Enhance socio--economic benefit towards local economic benefit towards local communities

communities Strategy 3

Strategy 3

Implement interpretation programs in protected areas Implement interpretation programs in protected areas SPO 4

SPO 4

Develop and disseminate tourism code of conducts Develop and disseminate tourism code of conducts SPO 3

SPO 3

Foster low

Foster low--impact tourism in protected area impact tourism in protected area Strategy 2

Strategy 2

Introduce clustering and ranking of PA management system Introduce clustering and ranking of PA management system SPO 2

SPO 2

Establish co

Establish co--management system of tourism in PAmanagement system of tourism in PA SPO 1

SPO 1

Improve natural resources conservation in Improve natural resources conservation in protected area

protected area Strategy 1

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Innovative Financing for Renewable Energy Development

(IFRED)

Objective: T

Objective: To identify innovative public and private mechanisms of financingo identify innovative public and private mechanisms of financingin order to: in order to: 1) Break down the high initial costs of RE

1) Break down the high initial costs of RE

2) Enhance

2) Enhance accessibility to credit by RE industryaccessibility to credit by RE industry and endand end--users users 3) Ensure sustainability without dependence on subsidy

3) Ensure sustainability without dependence on subsidy

CDM and other clean climate initiatives

Renewable portfolio standards

Renewable energy feed

-

in

-

tariff

Community

-

based green power purchasing

RESCO approach to financing

Renewable energy promotion fund

Combining subsidy with loan ownership

Micro

-

credit and self help group financing

Leveraging consumer

finance

Market

-

based institution

al

finance

Enhancing private

sector financing

Competitive biding for minimum subsidy

Strategic Policy Options

Optimum use of public

funds

Strategy

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Promotion of Biomass Energy Use

This project focuses on

the prevailing issues such

as

energy related

environmental problems

,

energy security

and

rural

economy

.

Recognizing that

innovative policies should

be formulated paying

attention to a wide range of

barriers and issues which

the Asian countries are

facing with biomass energy

development, aggregated

strategic policy options

for each strategy are

derived with examination of

the gathered good

practices.

Energy supply for local people by financial

support

Appropriate technology development and

application considering local resources

Biomass town by cascade biomass use

Capacity building for technicians by IT

Capacity building for technicians by IT--based based local network

local network

Razing awareness for perspective users and

investors investors Strategy 3: Strategy 3: Revitalization of Revitalization of rural economy rural economy Efficient policy

Efficient policy--making system through making system through collaboration among competent authorities

collaboration among competent authorities

Decentralised energy supply network

connected with other energy resources

Biomass energy resource management

based upon integrated information system

Efficient and environmentally

Efficient and environmentally--friendly supply friendly supply chain system chain system Strategy2: Strategy2: Strengthening of Strengthening of energy security energy security

Localised recycle system for waste utilisation

New technology development through

consortium

Biomass energy application for energy and

industrial sector through voluntary agreement

Strategy1: Strategy1: Mitigation of Mitigation of energy related energy related environmental environmental problems problems

Strategy

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Inter

-Boundary Recycling Market for

-

Boundary Recycling Market for

Enhancing Resource

Enhancing Resource-

-Recycling Society in Asia

Recycling Society in Asia

Regional Information System and supportive IEC Programs on waste

management., particularly recycling & trade of recyclables

Regional Network of Recycling Zones

Standardization and Harmonization of Systems, etc. on Recyclable

Standardization and Harmonization of Systems, etc. on Recyclables s

Strategy 3:

Establishment of System

and Networks for Promoting

Regional Cooperation on

Recycling

Extended Producer responsibility (EPR) and EPR

Extended Producer responsibility (EPR) and EPR--like System o like System o Recyclable and Durable goods

Recyclable and Durable goods

Strengthening of National and Local policies for

4R(Reduse,Reuse,Rcycling, and Recovery)

Private sector involvement and improvement of informal sector in

waste management systems

Strategy2:

Improvement for Supply

Capacity of Recyclables

Greening Supply Chain

Greening Supply Chain--enhancing recycling supply chainenhancing recycling supply chain Increasing the use of recyclables over Virgin Materials

Increasing the use of recyclables over Virgin Materials

Strategy1:

Promotion of efficient

market for recyclables

Strategy

Strategy Toward

Regional Recycling Market Development

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Improving environmental performance of SMEs

Greening supply chain Adopting external pressure

Facilitating consulting services to improve environmental performance

Initiating public awareness campaigns to increase consumers’interests in cleaner environment Disseminating the concept of

economic benefits Increased incentives to

act in environmentally friendly ways

Promotion of energy and waste exchange center Strengthening roles of industry associations

Accelerating information dissemination through local support and local NGOs

Promoting access to information through

partnerships and networking Widely disseminated and

exchanged information

Applying partnership for technical cooperation (inter-city cooperation)

Improving SMEs access to finance Mobilizing the necessary

resources

Developing research development and demonstration programs for adoption of clearer technologies

Applying shared waste treatment facilities at industrial estates

Encouraging resource efficiency through adoption of EMS

Miimising the cost for the environment through resource efficiency

Secured resources

SPOs Strategies

Policy Goal

Objective: to develop policy options for improving environmental performance

of SMEs in the region