Assessment of Natural Assets in the Agricultural and Aquatic Ecosystems in Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte
- by Ma. Salome B. Bulayog, Humberto R. Montes, Jr., Suzette B. Lina, Teofanes A. Patindol, Adelfa C. Diola, Eliza D. Espinosa, Analyn M. Mazo, Julissah C. Evangelio, Art Russel R. Flandez, Marianne A. Gesultura, and Ris Menoel R. Modina
This study assessed the existing natural resources in Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines, and determined how their quality has been affected by the economic activities in the area. Soil physical analysis revealed that some nutrients in the study sites are deficient, particularly phosphorus. A diverse species of mangroves and macroinvertebrates…
- by Jin Jianjun, Gao Yiwei, Wang Xiaomin, Pham Khanh Nam
This study set out to identify the major methods used by farmers in Yongqiao District, China to adapt to climate change, and determine which factors affect their choice of adaptation measures. Farmers’ risk preferences play an important role in agricultural production decisions. Thus, this study also characterized the risk attitudes…
- by Tong Yen Dan
Investing in dike heightening in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) has remained a contentious issue among policy and decision makers in Vietnam. Aside from the changes in the connectivity of the floodplain brought by dike heightening, the increase in rice cropping intensity enabled by the high dikes has broader adverse…
- by Chhinh Nyda, Cheb Hoeurn, Poch Bunnak
This study focused on measuring household vulnerability to climate change in six communes in Kampong Speu Province and on identifying locally appropriate options and relevant policy interventions. Vulnerability was measured in terms of a Vulnerability Index (derived from exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indices) and Vulnerability as Expected Poverty (VEP).…
- by Haitao Yin, Rui Zhao
Ecolabels are becoming popular in China. It is hoped that environmental benefits can be achieved by changing consumer purchasing behavior, and that using ecolabels can be a part of this behavior change. It is not clear whether this outcome will be achieved in China although ecolabeling appears to be an…
- by Pam Mc Elwee, Nghiem Phuong Tuyen, Le Hue and Vu Huong
The Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) stipulates that countries that “avoided deforestation” would be paid. However, rules on access, use rights, and local governance to forest changes under REDD’s implementation may render some communities more vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the long-term. This report presents…
- by Chhinh Nyda, Cheb Hoeurn, Chea Bora, Heng Naret
There are two major natural hazards that Cambodia is exposed to, namely, floods and droughts. Targeting the most vulnerable communes, this study aimed at estimating the costs of drought at the household level in the rural communes of Kampong Speu Province and assessing the costs and benefits of restoring a…
- by Loan T. Le
Biofuel production has been promoted as a means of saving fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, there are concerns about the potential of biofuel to improve energy efficiency and contribute to climate change mitigation. This paper investigates energy efficiency, GHG emission performance, and the cost-effectiveness of biofuel…
- by Jamal Othman, Mazrura Sahani, Mastura Mahmud, Md Khadzir Sheikh Ahmad
This study assessed the value of the health impacts (inpatient cases) caused by smoke haze pollution in Kuala Lumpur and adjacent areas in Selangor state. It found that the health (inpatient cases) impact of the smoke haze in the study area was worth at least MYR 273,000 (USD 91,000). It…
- by Pini Wijayanti, Tono, Hastuti, Danang Pramudita
This study aims to estimate the damage caused by river flooding, using the Pesanggrahan River in Jakarta as a case study. The study estimates the actual damage that occurred during the January 2013 flooding, focusing on direct damage to the residential and business sectors in six villages along the river.…
- by Phung Thanh Binh, Xueqin Zhu, Rolf Groeneveld and Ekko van Ierland
This study used the Protection Motivation Theory and mediation analysis to investigate mitigation behavior in response to flood hazards. A household survey and a flood-risk communication experiment with 480 households in selected flood-prone areas in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta were conducted. The results indicated that self-efficacy (i.e., one’s ability to take…
- by Yazhen Gong
This research used a unique panel data set to explore the impact of fluctuations in weather conditions on rural-urban migration in China. The main findings of the study are as follows: (1) Both reduced-form and structural models indicate that weather shocks appear to have a significant impact on rural-urban migration…
- by Rimawan Pradiptyo, Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo
This study uses behavioral insights and a computer-based survey to determine the most acceptable exit strategy for eliminating the fuel subsidy scheme in Indonesia. During the survey, subjects were given several pair-wise choices and were asked to choose which strategy they deemed to be more acceptable. The results of the…
- by Orapan Nabangchang, Herminia Francisco, Noor Aini Zakaria
This study looks into how households’ experience with the July-December 2011 flooding in Thailand influences their desire to have flood insurance coverage. It also evaluates coverage and flood depth as the two salient features of the National Catastrophe Insurance Fund (NCIF), which was established in March 2012 in response to…
- by Saowalak Roongtawanreongsri, Prakart Sawangchote, Sara Bumrungsri and Chaisri Suksaroj
This research determined the net economic benefits of three forest resource management strategies to help inform the stakeholders of the most economically efficient management option for Kho Hong Hill. Based on the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) performed (with a projection period spanning 25 years), under Scenario I (base case scenario), the…
- by Nguyen Thi Y Ly and Pham Thanh Nam
This study looked at 12 projects on payment for environmental services (PES) from four countries where it has been applied. Results show that most of the projects have had a positive impact both on the environment and on people’s livelihoods and their awareness of the value of natural resources and…
- by Bing Zhang and Yongliang Zhang
This study looked at whether existing environmental policies conflict with China’s emissions trading approach and reduce its effectiveness. The study used an agent-based model to assess the SO2 emissions trading market in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. It was found that four main policies are in conflict with the…
- by Chunhua Wang
The study aimed to understand the relationships between regional economic development, energy consumption and total carbon emissions in Chinese provinces by analyzing panel data from 1995-2010. Uneven growth across regions was found to contribute significantly to lower carbon dioxide emissions in China during this time period. It was also found…
- by Siriluk Chiarakorn, Chompoonuh K. Permpoonwiwat and Papondhanai Nanthachatchavankul
This study looked at the costs and benefits of producing bioplastics from one of Thailand’s leading crops, cassava. It compares the production of the bioplastic Polylactic acid (PLA) from cassava, with the production of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) from petroleum. It finds that the production of PLA has a net positive…
- by Jaimie Kim Bayani Arias, Vicente G. Ballaran, Jr., Maria Emilinda T. Mendoza, Rowena A. Dorado and Bessie M. Burgos
This study focuses on the economic analysis of flood adaptation options. Three sub-studies were undertaken: a) Direct Damage Cost Estimation for Floods; b) Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Technology-Based Early Warning System, and c) Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Relocation vis-à-vis Evacuation and Building Modification. Results indicate that the typical direct…
- by Bui Dung The and Bui Duc Tinh
This study has looked at the costs and benefits of a proposed flood adaptation project in one of the country’s most flood-prone areas, the Xuan Tributary in Thua Thien-Hue province. Results indicate that upgrading the flood defenses and drainage systems along the entire An Xuan tributary would bring a wide…
- by Shaufique Sidique, Kusairi Mohd Noh, Gazi Md Nurul Islam and Aswani Farhana Mohd Noh
This study examines the impact of artificial reefs on fisher households’ income in Terengganu, Malaysia. Data obtained from a survey involving 312 respondents in three contiguous districts indicate that respondents fishing near AR areas are found to have a higher monthly catch value as compared to those fishing in non-AR…
- by Raul G. Bradecina
This study determined the extent of tourists’ willingness to pay (WTP) for Caramoan beachscape beauty conservation; it will input into the plans for establishing a payment for ecosystem services scheme for the sustainable development of ecotourism and coastal resource management in the area. Results show that half the tourists are…
- by Rawadee Jarungrattapong and Suparee Boonmanunt
The study tried to answer how well experiment measures for other-regarding behavior could generalize real behavior or enable it to be called “the external validity”. The results of the three experiments were combined as proxies of other-regarding behavior and actual collective behavior of villagers in coastal conservation activities. The Kok…
- by Jaimie Kim Bayani Arias, Ma. Emilinda T. Mendoza, Vicente G. Ballaran, Jr., Rowena A. Dorado
This study assessed the climate change vulnerability of households in 12 municipalities in Laguna province. The vulnerability incidence was high for those employed in the commercial and services sector, and for those with agriculture-dependent livelihoods. Female-headed households were also found to have high vulnerability incidence. In terms of frequency and…
- by Maripaz L. Perez , Asa Jose U. Sajise, Jaimie Kim B. Arias, Paul Joseph B. Ramirez, Agus Heri Purnomo, Shaneil R. Dipasupil, Patrick A. Regoniel, Kim Anh T. Nguyen and Glaiza J. Zamora
This report is an account of a cross-country study that covered� Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Covering four sites (one� each in Indonesia and Vietnam) and two sites in the Philippines,� the study documented the impacts of three climate hazards� affecting coastal communities, namely typhoon/flooding, coastal� erosion and saltwater intrusion.…
- by Kunlayanee Pornpinatepong, Pathomwat Chantarasap, Jumtip Seneerattanaprayul, Wittawat Hemtanon and Papitchaya Saelim
Game theory was used to analyze the extraction behavior of fishermen around the Southern� Sonkhla Lake in Southern Thailand. The field experiments were designed based on the concept of non-cooperative game theory for investigating fishermen’s behavior in response to four management policy� options: external regulations with individual transferable quotas (ITQs)…
- by Arriya Mungsunti
This study explored the various factors that influence farmers’ participation in the muang fai irrigation system. It also compared this tradition with the underground pump irrigation systems. Results show that the muang fai system is better than underground pump irrigation in terms of water conservation and at improving the…
- by Nghiem Thi Hong Nhung
The study aimed to find out optimal management strategies for productive planted forests when carbon benefits are considered. Results reveal, compared to the actual rotation age of five year, the optimal rotation age of E. urophylla and A. mangium (when only timber has market value) is 10 and 13…
Partnership Regimes for the Production of Biofuels and Natural Rubber in Upland Palawan, Philippines
- by Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio
The study aimed to understand how the economic and environmental perceptions of upland farmers in the context of biofuels and natural rubber production regimes in Palawan explain their behavioral intents, especially regarding intensification of production and cooperation in such partnership regimes. Research findings reveal that upland farmers tend to equate…
- by Mao Xianqiang, Yang Shuqian, Liu Qin
The transportation sector in China has joined the power generation and the steel and iron� industries as a major CO2emission contributor. To determine which policy instrument(s) would be� effective in reducing CO2emissions, various policy instruments which have been or are likely to be� implemented in the near future in China…
- by Haitao Yin
China suffers a variety of natural disasters every year. The frequency and consequences of these� disasters have risen due to climate change, resulting in increased economic losses. This project first examines the existing public system of disaster relief and recovery including both� direct government subsidy and public insurance system through…
- by Kannika Thampanishvong
The Southern part of Thailand, a region with tropical climate and monsoon, has often been affected� by torrential rains caused by tropical storms, depressions, and typhoons. Such heavy rain is often� accompanied by flash floods – sometimes occuring so suddenly and with an enormous amount of water –� that make…
- by Flordeliza H. Bordey, Cheryll C. Launio, Eduardo Jimmy P. Quilang, Charis Mae A. Tolentino, Nimfa B. Ogena
This study tests the hypothesis that climate change, through its rice productivity impacts, induces� out-migration in the Philippines. Results show that climate change effects such as increasing night time� temperature and extreme rainfall pattern, by way of reduction in rice yield and farm revenues, significantly� increases the number of Overseas…
- by Nuva, Yusif, Nia Kurniawati H., Hanna
In terms of value, coffee which is mostly grown on smallholder farms, ranked fourth in the exports� of food and agricultural commodities of Indonesia in 2008. Together with state-owned and private� plantations, they add up to 969,082 ha of area harvested – the second largest in the world. Nevertheless,� Indonesia…
- by Cheryll C. Launio, Constancio A. Asis, Jr., Rowena G. Manalili, Evelyn F. Javier
The negative effects of open-field rice straw burning on the environment and human health are� well documented in local and international literature. Farmers have thus been encouraged to refrain from� burning rice straw and adopt more environment- and human-friendly rice straw management practices. This� research project aimed at assessing the…
- by Zanxin Wang, Jin Wan
The excessive growth of water hyacinth is a common environmental problem in tropical regions.� The use of water hyacinth to remove nutrients from bodies of water and to produce biogas is a technically� feasible way of controlling water hyacinth, but its environmental and economic performance are not well� understood. This…
- by Nathaniel C. Bantayan, Margaret M. Calderon, Florencia B. Pulhin, Canesio D. Predo, Rose Ann C. Barruga
This study was conducted to evaluate the current management regime of burning vis-à-vis burning� with carbon offsets for the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (CHNM) in Bohol, Philippines. The current� scheme of burning to maintain the grass-covered (tree-less) and brown hills to sustain tourist arrivals is seen� as environmentally unsound…
- by Nguyen Thi Y Ly
This study aims to assess the performance and the short-term impacts of the payment for forest� environmental services (PFES) policy in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. After a two-year pilot implementation� (2009-2010), the Vietnam government plans to establish a national legal PFES framework. The paper� describes the PFES pilot policy and…
- by Nguyen Viet Cuong, Vu Thieu, Pham Minh Thu, Nguyen Xuan Truong
Clean water is essential for human survival. Yet, many people do not have access to clean water in Vietnam. Only around 23% of the population had access to piped water in 2006. This study measures the effect of piped water on household welfare using difference-in-differences estimators and panel data from…
- by Wu Dan, Xie Xuxuan
China is experiencing severe complex air pollution and huge greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a� result of its booming economy over the last 30 years. In order to control air pollution, multiple pollutants� should be targeted simultaneously. To cope with current international climate change problems, GHG� emissions reduction should be…
- by Margaret M. Calderon, Nathaniel C. Bantayan, Florencia B. Pulhin, Lourdes J. Cruz
The project explored the potentials of a forestry carbon project for an indigenous cultural� community in the Philippines. Specifically, it assessed the global potential of forestry carbon finance;� reviewed the legal and policy environments of forestry carbon projects in the Philippines; and evaluated the� feasibility of a forestry carbon project…
- by Alexander D. Anda, Jr. and Marlon M. Atienza
This study is part of the cross-country analysis of the fiscal and resource gap of protected areas (PA) in the South East Asian region. It focused on the protected areas in the Philippines that are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Results show that…
- by Tran Huu Tuan, Henrik Lindhjem
We conduct a meta-analysis (MA) of around 100 studies valuing nature conservation in Asia and Oceania. Dividing our dataset into two levels of heterogeneity in terms of good characteristics (endangered species vs. nature conservation more generally) and valuation methods, we show that the degree of regularity and conformity with theory…
- by Rawadee Jarungrattanapong, Siriporn Sajjanand
In Thailand the number of elephants are declining, and many of the remaining animals are protected in a network of wildlife sanctuaries. Unfortunately, elephants from these protected areas are coming into conflict with farmers. This human-elephant conflict (HEC) is causing crop damage. It is also leading to injury and loss…
- by Vo Thanh Danh
Vietnam is one of the five countries in the world that will be the most seriously affected by sea level rises as a result of global climate change. This study has looked at how the country should protect itself from this steadily developing challenge. To do this, the study assessed…
- by Erdenesaikhan Naidansuren, Onon Bayasgalan
In the last two decades Mongolia's vast areas of pastureland have been rapidly degraded and desertified. Although the main cause of this national crises is believed to be climate change, overgrazing and livestock over-population are also major contributing factors. This study has assessed the degradation and the economic value of…
- by Phouphet Kyophilavong
Various empirical studies have confirmed that trade liberalization stimulates economic growth. In order to strengthen economic development and emerge from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by the year 2020, the Government of Lao (GoL) PDR is eager to capitalize on trade liberalization agreements such as the ASEAN Free Trade Area…
- by Nguyen Van Kien
Floods are a familiar and frequent feature of life in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta (MRD). Although floods bring hardship to people, they also bring benefits, such as livelihood development. People in the MRD have experienced the impacts of floods for years, however some adapt well to the floods, while…
- by Alice Joan G. Ferrer, Jinky C. Hopanda, Michael Q. Orquejo, Alan Dino E. Moscoso, Resurreccion B. Sadaba
This paper focuses on evaluating the reversion of disused Fishpond Lease Agreement areas in Region VI (Western Visayas), Philippines to mangrove forests. The rehabilitation and restoration of mangrove areas are important given the substantial decline of mangrove forests in the country, particularly in Region VI. The study used a two-stage…