Peru's IFAD-financed MARENASS project used the Pachamama Raymi methodology — cash-prize contests between Andean farming communities — to fund community-directed rehabilitation of …
OCWD and OCSD's Groundwater Replenishment System purifies treated wastewater via microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV/advanced oxidation, producing 130 million gallons/day for about …
Since 1995, Minas Gerais has redistributed a share of state VAT revenue to municipalities hosting protected areas, dry forest or sanitation infrastructure …
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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Since 2012 Colombia's IDEAM has run SMByC, a satellite-based forest and carbon monitoring system using Landsat, Sentinel-2 and other imagery to track …
Bogotá, Colombia
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
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Since 2012, Operation Crayweed has hand-transplanted golden crayweed onto barren reefs at nine sites across 70km of Sydney's coastline; UNSW-led peer-reviewed monitoring …
Since 1994, RSCN has worked to rewet Jordan's Azraq Oasis after over-extraction dried its springs in 1992; a 2020 AFD/FFEM-funded rehabilitation restored …
A World Bank/PROFOR study found Jamaica's mangroves prevent an estimated US$32.7m/year in flood damage; NEPA, UWI and partners have restored roughly 6,000 …
Canada-funded SUNCASA is restoring Dire Dawa's flood-prone Dechatu River catchment: IISD, WRI and local partners planted 313,330 seedlings in the first year …
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
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Launched in 2019 by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Green Bangkok 2030 is converting underused public, state and private land into a network …
Parks Canada's 44 wildlife crossings along Banff's Trans-Canada Highway recorded 200,000+ animal crossings since 1996, cut collisions ~80% (96% for elk/deer), and …
Since 1990, Thailand's royally initiated Laem Phak Bia project has treated municipal wastewater via oxidation ponds, wetlands and a 181-hectare mangrove forest; …
A $170M World Bank-financed regional programme rehabilitating water basins, polders and irrigation across Cameroon, Chad and Niger's Lake Chad basin, reaching 1.5 …