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

Key Accomplishments and Lessons Learnt
Each of the 27 <strong>APFED</strong> Award-winning projects and 48 <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase projects in 2005–2009
<strong>APFED</strong> II demonstrate very interesting and innovative stakeholder driven activities for pursuing
sustainable development, and constructive interactions between field action and macro-policy
development. The following are some of the highlights of what has been achieved and identified as
factors for success:
Programme Operations and Achievements
Demonstrating Policy Nexus
A wide range of projects demonstrate various combinations of policy nexus that include climate
change mitigation / adaptation, 3Rs, biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, health and sanitation,
poverty eradication and community empowerment. Policy nexus can be found, for instance, in
lychee horticulture farms to create emission credits for the carbon market (SC 2006, Vietnam), in
methane-removal from solid waste landfills for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project
(AW 2008, Indonesia), restraining carbon emissions through sustainable peatland management (SC
2007, Indonesia), mangrove conservation (SC 2007, Thailand; AW 2009, Philippines), sustainable
forest management and agroforestry (AW 2008, Nepal), handcraft-making to replace wildlife hunting
(SC 2006, Pakistan), adaptive farming practices such as floating vegetable gardens and vegetableseeding-pot
promotion (AW 2007, Bangladesh; SC 2007, Bangladesh), and chemical management
for reducing health risks and ecosystem damage (SC 2008, Mongolia).
Promoting Participation in Decision-making and Action for Sustainable Development
Stakeholder dialogues were common features of many Showcase and Award projects. The most
notable one was the assessment on public access to environmental information and stakeholder
dialogue on environmental conflicts (SC 2006, Bangladesh). A multi stakeholder forum on integrated
water management was created as an instrumental body for promoting stakeholder driven natural
resource management (AW 2006, Philippines).
Field Action Leading to Standard and Guideline setting, Business Model Transformation
and Macro-policy Development
Green procurement guidelines were created for the business sector (SC 2005, Thailand), the national
assessment on public access to environmental information led to the development and adoption of
the legislation “The Right to Information Act of 2008” in Bangladesh (SC 2006, Bangladesh), and the
study of eco-product purchasing patterns and pilot activities for promoting green products in the
Korea have helped improve methods to promote green product marketing (SC 2006, Korea).
Developing Markets for Environmentally Sounds Goods and Services
Informational tools such a labelling and certification have been successfully implemented to protect
biodiversity and promote consumption of eco-friendly goods. Rice producers who agreed not to
convert the forest habitat of the Ibis crane into paddy land can label their rice products with an “Ibis
rice” certificate (SC 2008, Cambodia). Certification was a key factor in successfully promoting energy
efficient light bulbs under the Efficient Lighting Initiative (AW 2007, China). An eco-enterprise project
was established to promote environmentally sound products such as butter oil and other milk
products, cactus fruit juice, and traditional medicinal plants as an alternative to resource intensive
products which have degraded the land in the area (AW 2007, India-Gujarat).
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