901 datasets found

This paper explores land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam. The research is based on field work, discussions with officials and scholars and background research, a...

This report provides an outline of protected areas and biodiversity in the Lower Mekong Basin. The analysis contains an overview of threats to protected areas from climate chang...

A cost-benefit analysis of Thailand's Pak Mun dam by TDRI commissioned by World Commission on Dams. Appraisal of economic and environmental costs. Critical comparisons of Est...

This report outlines the need to strengthen links between Southeast Asia’s economic integration agenda and its security agenda. The report provides a brief overview of economic ...

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries’ performance on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health and protection of ecosystem...

This paper documents cases of transboundary environmental cooperation and issues in local institutional contexts in Yunnan, China. Cases include formal agreements on specific is...

This paper explores how uncertainty shapes transboundary water governance. It considers how a politics of uncertainty emerges alongside other political strategies, such as the p...

A presentation on transboundary impact assessments (TIAs) in the Mekong River and other international watercourses. The presenter outlines research by the Environmental Law Inst...

A presentation on the Sesan river and the proposed Sesan river and Yali Falls dam projects. The presenter discusses consequences of the Yali Falls Dam and the political and econ...

This paper focuses on the potential impacts of the Don Sahong Dam on fisheries, food security and poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries. The findings of the stu...

A presentation outlining lessons learned from dam projects using the case studies of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia and Buon Kuop Dam in Vietnam. The presenter outlines the importa...

This report describes ADB's agricultural trade facilitation plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion. An agricultural trade facilitation plan lays out systematic ways that achieve ...

A presentation describing Oxfam’s "People protecting their ecosystem in the lower Mekong (PEM)” project. The presenter describes the project and its achievements in the fields o...

A presentation discussing the potential for a regional agreement on transboundary environmental impact assessments (TEIA) in Asia. The presenter introduces regional and sub-regi...

A position statement from a coalition of Cambodian and international organisations, regarding the the procedures for notification, prior consultation and agreement process for t...

This report provides detail on the complexity of Myanmar's timber trade. The report describes the geographic origin of timber, the movement of the timber within the country and ...

The Myanmar country report for the FAO, forming part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. The report provides information on the extent of Myanmar’s forests; forest o...

This paper explores challenges relating to trade and investment in the GMS and identifies key elements of the unfinished policy agenda that need to be addressed. The paper is or...

This paper aims to review current flood management in relation to the long-term development planning in Vietnam. The report discusses perceptions of flood risk and how these per...

A government report providing an overview of Vietnam's disaster reduction preparedness for the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction. The report provides background on Vi...