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Forest Fires in Lower Mekong Countries
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
February 10, 2022
Source: LANCE FIRMS operated by the NASA/GSFC/Earth Science Data and...
This dataset indicates the forest fires occurred within April 2020, which is a hottest month of the year. It includes 5 countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and ...
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Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) in Mekong Region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
May 15, 2021
Source: Wataru Takeuchi, Soni Darmawan, Rizatus Shofiyati, Mai Van Khiem,...
Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is a continuous reference scale for estimating the dryness of the soil and duff layers. The index increases for each day without rain (the amou...
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Global Drought Monitoring: Agricultural Stress Index (ASI)
Global
November 13, 2020
Source: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and...
The Index is based on the integration of the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) in two dimensions that are critical in the assessment of a drought event in agriculture: temporal and ...
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Drought monitoring in Cambodia
Cambodia
July 23, 2020
Source: The United Nations World Food Programme:...
This dataset shows the drought anomaly index, as of 08 May 2017. This denotes areas of the country affected by water shortages. The information is based on satellite data of the...
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Families affected by climate hazards 2016
Cambodia
Archived web content
General Secretariat of National Council for Sustainable...
This screenshot of website contains records of number of families affected by climate hazards comprising storm, flood and drought in 2016 at province level, which was extracted ...
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Families affected by climate hazards 2016
Cambodia
July 16, 2020
Source: NCSD's climate change data portal:...
This dataset contains records of number of families affected by climate hazards comprising storm, flood and drought in 2016 at province level, which was extracted from Climate C...
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Monitoring the Quantity of Water Flowing Through the Upper Mekong Basin Under Natural (Unimpeded) Conditions
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Alan Basist and Claude Williams, Eyes on Earth, Inc. and Global...
2020
This study developed a reliable and simple model that predicts the natural flow of the Upper Mekong, then used this prediction to determine how the cascade of dams built on the ...
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Water resources are strongly influenced by climate change
Viet Nam
Archived web content
Khánh Ly
2017
According to Associate Professor Dr. Le Bac Huynh, of the Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE), Vietnam has a moderate level of water resou...
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Climate Change and its impact in Thailand: A short overview on actual and potential impacts of the changing climate in Southeast Asia
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sopon Naruchaikusol
2016
In 2011, Thailand was underwater: more than one million people were affected by severe flooding for several weeks as a result of persistent rainfall (World Bank, 2011). In 2015-...
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Remote sensing applications to drought risk management
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Vivarad Phonekeo, Ph.D., Thatheva Saphangthong, Ph.D
2016
A presentation overviewing remote sensing data collection methods and their applicability for drought risk management.
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Integrated water resources management-based basin development strategy 2016-2020 for the Lower Mekong Basin
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong River Commission
2016
A report jointly updated by country members of Mekong River Commission (MRC) on integrated water resources management-based basin development strategy 2016-2020 for the Lower Me...
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The human cost of weather related disasters 1995-2015
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; UNISDR
2015
This report presents an analysis of global weather-related disaster trends over a twenty year time-frame, and highlights the need for a new climate change agreement from the...
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Floods and droughts in the Lower Mekong Basin and implications of climate change
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Joy, Christopher
2012
A working paper outlining risk management relating to floods and droughts in the Lower Mekong Basin. The report explains flood and drought risk in the region, and the impact on...
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Vulnerability assessment of climate risks in the lower Songkhram river basin, Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme
2005
This study seeks to understand household and community vulnerability to floods, droughts, and seasonal shifts in Thailand's Lower Songkhram River Basin. The assessment is one of...