“Cities are problems, but they are also opportunity spaces. There are cities on every continent that demonstrate why it is worth investing locally in urban nature.” Jennifer Lenhart, global lead, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Cities.
Pleased to be able to finally get to share this special report published by Eco-Business and the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, which looks at the relationship between Asia’s megacities and biodiversity.
As well, as exploring the negative impact that the region’s rapidly growing urban spaces are currently having on habitat loss and species decline, the study also highlights real life projects that hint at a more positive future relationship between our cities and the natural world.
Conserving urban nature, adopting green building techniques and applying nature-based solutions to infrastructure problems can actually help cities become more sustainable, climate resilient and even healthier places to live. But for this to happen we need to increase funding for such schemes and raise awareness about the potential economic and social benefits of adopting a greener approach to urban planning.
Thanks to everyone I spoke too and apologies to all those whose voices and work I just couldn’t squeeze into the final document. I think I could write a book based on my notes on what is a fascinating, nuanced and incredibly important topic.
Read more and download the report here: https://www.eco-business.com/research/the-value-of-biodiversity-for-asias-megacities/