APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...

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Pacific
- “Others” is consisted of additional components (i.e. Environmental governance/ policies; Environmental
infrastructure building; Environmental finance; Urban/ Rural Development; Social Development; Awareness
raising).
- Thematic areas which are distributed to “Others” are shown below: In North East Asia, Climate Change (1), 3R
(1), Water (1), Biodiversity and ecosystem (2), and Capacity Development (1); In South Asia, Climate Change (1),
Water (1), Capacity Development (1); and In South East Asia, 3R (1), Capacity Development (1). They are counted
as specific thematic areas.
- Regarding thematic areas, multiple answers are allowed.
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Programme Operations and Achievements
[ Figure 4: Allocation of Thematic Area by Sub-region ]
With respect to thematic areas or combinations thereof, there are variations that reflect certain national
or sub-regional priorities or characteristics. South Asia, for instance, shows a greater emphasis on water
issues such as water quality management, flood-drought control and mitigation as well as climate change
adaptation. In Southeast Asia, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem issues share a large proportion
of the portfolio that aims to promote sustainable management of different ecosystems, such as tropical
forests, wetland, peatland and coastal areas. In Northeast Asia, capacity development and cross-cutting
projects appear to be prevalent in the portfolio, such as education and environmental lawyer training. In
Central Asia and the Pacific, the number of <strong>APFED</strong> Award and Showcase projects is rather limited, but it
would be wrong to infer that this represents a trend in the <strong>APFED</strong> portfolio as a whole.
Outstanding Award Winners
The following <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase projects or people have received prominent international awards:
Ona Keto Community Reforestation Project in Papua New Guinea (2007 <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase programme)
received the ENERGY GLOBE 2010 - National Award
Setting up Rice Husk Gasification Model Project in Vietnam (2008 <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase Programme)
received the ENERGY GLOBE 2010 - National Award
Sustainable Development of Settlements in Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan (2007 <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase
Programme) received the ENERGY GLOBE 2010 - National Award
The Project Manager of the Promotion of Access to Environmental Information in Bangladesh (2006
<strong>APFED</strong> Showcase Programme) was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize 2009
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