The Asia Incentives for Ecosystem Services (IES) Regional Dialogue was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 17-19 July 2019 as part of the two-day Regional Consultative Dialogue event on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors organized by FAO-Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Discussions in plenary and nine working groups provided a basis to enable cross-sectoral work and engagement across levels, from national to local communities. Discussions included challenges and gaps to be address included acceleration, policies and incentives for mainstreaming biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices in sustainable food systems, and the scaling up of good practices to enable wider impact to transform landscapes and reverse biodiversity loss.

Priorities and next to further the Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform reflect the IES approach to map landscape level incentive needs, identify finance from public, private and civil society initiatives and improved coordination across sectors to pair incentives for conservation with those for improved production.

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