About the ASEAN NbS Platform

Funded by the European Union, the ASEAN NbS Platform is developed by Technical Assistance Facility to the Green Team Europe Initiative (TAF-GTEI). Collaborated with ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), it serves as a regional knowledge platform and learning hub. It supports policymakers, planners, researchers, and communities in identifying, designing, and scaling up NbS interventions across diverse landscapes.

At its core lies the ASEAN NbS Catalogue, featuring 70 NbS practices across nine landscape categories—from flood-responsive river systems and adaptive coastal zones to regenerative farmlands, urban green corridors, and mountain ecosystems. Each NbS practice is presented in a structured, double-page format, offering:

  • A conceptual overview linking the solution to specific ecosystem services and societal challenges; and
  • Technical and economic guidance for implementation, including cost ranges, co-benefits, and replication potential.

European Union: The European Union (EU) is the economic and political union of 27 Member States with a population of 470 million. Together, the EU has built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development while maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedom. In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the goals of peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. The EU is the world’s largest trading bloc, and the world’s largest source and destination of foreign direct investment. Collectively, the EU and its Member States are the largest donors of Official Development Assistance (ODA), providing more than half of ODA globally.

The 27 Member States of the EU (in protocol order) are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

ASEAN: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity: The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), established in 2005, is ASEAN’s response to the challenge of biodiversity loss. It is an intergovernmental organisation that facilitates cooperation and coordination among the ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) and with regional and international organisations on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of such natural treasures.