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COVID-19: Investing in sustainable natural resource management for green and inclusive recovery in Asia and the Pacific

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Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 5p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Category Brochure

ISBN 978-92-5-133107-1

Edition 1

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0435en

Synopsis (short abstract) Multiple studies have shown that rampant deforestation, ecosystem degradation, and uncontrolled exploitation of wildlife can spread certain diseases to humans, which are increasingly turning into pandemics. With millions of unidentified viruses known to infect people existing in the wild, any one of them could be more disruptive and lethal than COVID-19 . Additional multiple stressors such as recurring droughts, floods and other climatic aberrations further accentuate our ability to battling pandemics, particularly threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of poor and vulnerable communities who depend on natural resources. Sustainable national natural resource management (NRM) underpins the intrinsic connections between human health, resilient landscapes, economic stability and sustainable livelihoods. To emerge from the current crisis stronger and better, investing in measures that protect and restore nature and that promote inclusive, low emission and resilient development is critical. The pandemic recovery provides a window for the adoption of investments in sustainable NRM in the land, water, forests, and fisheries sectors that can help meet short- term economic recovery and employment as well as strengthening long-term wellbeing and resilience. But there is a risk that decision makers will ignore sustainable alternatives or, despite good intentions, design investments that are poorly targeted and create long-term fiscal burdens. This Policy Brief recommends potential avenues for investing in sustainable NRM that address such risks, and that promote self-reliance, green and inclusive recovery.

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​FAO. 2020. COVID-19: Investing in sustainable natural resource management for green and inclusive recovery in Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0435en

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