ADB Accountability Mechanism
Title | ADB Accountability Mechanism PDF eBook |
Author | Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2013-04-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 929092201X |
The new Accountability Mechanism became effective on 24 May 2012 after a full-scale review of the 2003 version. The review resulted in clearer and closer collaboration between the functions of problem solving—handled by the Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF)—and those of compliance review by the Office of the Compliance Review Panel (OCRP). This report marks the first joint Accountability Mechanism Annual Report of the OSPF and OCRP in the spirit of promoting synergy in the new Accountability Mechanism. It outlines complaint-related activities of the OSPF and OCRP in 2012 and touches on its outreach and the information-sharing initiatives of the new Accountability Mechanism. Background ADB's Accountability Mechanism allows persons affected by ADB-assisted projects to submit complaints about harm resulting from those projects. It is guided by the principles of: responsiveness to project-affected persons’ concerns; fairness to all stakeholders; independence and transparency; cost effectiveness and efficiency; and complementing other ADB systems (including supervision, audit, and quality control).
An Eco-Compensation Policy Framework for the People's Republic of China
Title | An Eco-Compensation Policy Framework for the People's Republic of China PDF eBook |
Author | Qingfeng Zhang |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9290921366 |
Economic growth has multiplied the environmental challenges faced by the People's Republic of China but has also created opportunities, by increasing available funding for environmental management and conservation. At the nexus of these countervailing trends, policy makers have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management under the broad heading of "eco-compensation". Many of these are market-based, particularly payments for ecosystem services; an emerging policy debate is regarding the extent to which beneficiaries should pay, and the providers should be compensated, for the provision of natural resources and environmental services to promote sustainable, balanced growth. This paper synthesizes the findings of the International Conference on Payments for Ecological Services convened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in September 2009 to support eco-compensation programs in the country.
Payments for Environmental Services
Title | Payments for Environmental Services PDF eBook |
Author | Sven Wunder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Ecosystem management |
ISBN |
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Title | Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Fripp |
Publisher | CIFOR |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2014-12-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 6021504577 |
One of the aims of the CoLUPSIA project is to explore options for establishing payments for ecosystem services (PES) within the two districts where the project is working: Seram and Kapuas Hulu. These guidelines were prepared to support the CoLUPSIA team in completing this assessment and have since been revised to incorporate some findings from the field assessments.
Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the People's Republic of China
Title | Toward a National Eco-compensation Regulation in the People's Republic of China PDF eBook |
Author | Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2016-11-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9292576569 |
The Asian Development Bank and the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (PRC) undertook a study on eco-compensation regulations development in the country, on which this publication is based. The study examined the PRC's theory, practice, and legislation governing eco-compensation in selected ecological areas to map out the scope and content of a national eco-compensation regulation. Pursuit of its higher agenda of ecological civilization and development of its national eco-compensation regulation will require the PRC to capture the diversity that subnational projects have tapped, integrate its experience with eco-compensation at all levels of government into a coherent national regulatory framework, and harmonize this framework with existing laws and other legal instruments.
Paying for Biodiversity Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services
Title | Paying for Biodiversity Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2010-10-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264090274 |
Drawing on the literature concerning effective Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes and on more than 30 case studies, this book aims to identify good practice in the design and implementation of PES programmes so as to enhance their environmental and cost effectiveness.
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Title | Payments for Ecosystem Services PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Greiber |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 2831711762 |