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The CITES is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals

This report is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report, commissioned by DuPont as part of the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) research programme. This report discusses the...

This policy outlines the procedures for data and information exchange and sharing as part of the Mekong River Commissions mandate.

Ecosystems services have become a key concept in understanding the way humans benefit from ecosystems. In Costa Rica, a pioneer national scheme of payment provides compensation ...

Th e Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature on 5 June 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio “Earth Summit”) and ente...

This paper begins with a review of the cultural and political background of selected Asian countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Lao PDR, Ma...

This Law legislates on natural disaster prevention and control activities; the rights and obligations of those engaged in natural disaster prevention and control activities; and...

This report presents the findings, lessons, and recommendations of an independent assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) assistance to the energy sector in the Greater...

A draft training manual on the EIA 3D Model software system, a 3D model based on rectangular grid representation. This software accommodates meteorological, hydrological, topogr...

Final environmental impact assessment of the Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project. The report describes the project and the physical, biological and socio-cultural environment. The rep...

Statistics about hydropower have been compiled by IHA using data from publicly published sources, IHA members, government representatives, industry sources and media monitorin...

These snapshots provide an overview of the progress achieved since 1990 on the Millennium Development Goals at the country level. Progress is assessed on the basis of data avail...

The brief summarises the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. The brief summarises the current state of GMS kn...

The UNDP and the ASEAN Secretariat’s work that resulted in this “ASEAN Regional Assessment of MDG Achievement and Post-2015 Development Priorities” demonstrates the ASEAN regi...

Meeting at a special summit at the United Nations in September 2015, world leaders committed themselves to an ambitious global agenda, “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda...

This list is compiled by UN Women, includes all indicators under SDG5 as well as indicators across the framework that explicitly refer to sex, gender, women and girls and/or ar...

In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2016/220 and past practices, the Secretary-General has the honour to transmit the report of the Inter-Agency and Expert G...

This is a collection of 2 background papers prepared by Sonya Suter to explain: a) Definitions and key concepts for the post-2015 development agenda b) Potential criteria for ...

This report identifies opportunities for regional activities to improve forest governance in the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Thailand,and Myanmar. The ...

2014 was a vitally important year as world leaders prepared the agenda for the next set of goals for global development — the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — which are ex...