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This Law prescribes integrated management of marine and island resources and protection of the marine and island environment; and the rights, obligations and responsibilities of...

Press release on the outcome of the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People’s Republic of China

Summary on report on global wildlife trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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

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...

Archived definition of ocean acidification from US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration

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 issues brief series is developed by the Poverty‐ Environment Initiative of Lao PDR to address poverty and environment issues in the current development and national...

An article about the proposed Mae Khan Dam project in Thailand. The article outlines the opposition from the villagers of Mae Khanil-Tai, and describes how opposing dam projects...

A boom in banana demand led to heavy agricultural investment in northern Laos as Chinese investors offered strong financial incentives to farmers to change land management...

The report is about options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam based on an assessment in systems design and capacity-building needs in Con Cuong District. The...

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...

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), 2015.

The brief summarizes the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. It draws upon work of the GMS Core Environment...

This Convention is an international environmental treaty. Its objective is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous...

This Law states the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat in order to protect and conserve a particular type of...

The report presents a comprehensive overview of the level of disclosure against the key pillars of corporate governance and ESG integration across the ASEAN banking sector,...

The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (Aqueduct) is a robust communication tool that represents water-related risk through hydrological indicators. The framework comprises of 12...

The purpose of this Environment and Natural Resources Code is to enable the sustainable development of the Kingdom of Cambodia, by protecting the environment and conserving,...