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This report is ADB's first major assessment of Myanmar since it began political and economic reforms in 2011. It examines the country's strengths and weaknesses and highlights...

This report focuses on the two existing large-scale mines in Laos – MMG Sepon and the PBM Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation. Together, these mines account for the bulk of mineral...

As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of th...

According to the U.N. FAO, 48.3% or about 31,773,000 ha of Myanmar is forested, according to FAO. Of this 10.0% ( 3,192,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodivers...

This report is about the assessment of existing fund mechanism under Cambodia’s law for a national REDD+fund. The aim of this report is to support the first step in a process fo...

Executive. National Climate Change Strategy and Decision No. 2139 / QD-TTg on Approving the National Climate Change Strategy. The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vie...

Thailand’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030 and reaching net-zero by 2065 has catalyzed national efforts under the Thailand Voluntary Emission Redu...

The Mekong River Basin is shared between six countries and displays remarkable and globally relevant cultural and biological diversity. Its natural resources are largely governe...

The Greater Mekong region is one of planet Earth’s most important biodiversity hotspots, highlighted by the endless number of new species discovered there every year. The region...

This reports purpose is to help Lao policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future El NioSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) events. It does this by providing information on ENSOs po...

The adoption of the Joint Declaration on the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the 14th ASEAN Summit in 2009 signi ed the ASEAN Leaders’ commitment to end...

The forests of Myanmar are defined by their monetary value and have been part of the military and economic elites’ profits and, in some cases, survival for decades. The entire l...

Myanmar joined EITI upon instructions from its President at the end of 2012. Myanmar submitted its application to become an ‘EITI Candidate’ country to the EITI Board in May 201...

This is a welcome remark of H.E Dr Sok Siphana on annual outlook Conference that organized by CDRI and ANZ Royal Bank to bring leaders across Cambodia public life to consider Ca...

This article is about a Cambodia's biodiversity and protected areas profile made by Earth Trends in 2003. It shows number of existing flora and fauna species inside protected ar...

On 24/08/2018, the Ministry of Planning and Investment in co-opeartion with the United Nation in Vietnam and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) o...

This report is about a case study conducted in Stung Treng province on community empowerment in support of community fisheries. The case study was framed to perform only in Koh ...

This summarizes Thailand 2013 Assessment Findings. More than half of Thailand’s wood demand is met by imports, and of these 20% is estimated to have been illegally sourced. Howe...

Several countries of the Asia-Pacific region have imposed total or partial logging bans (or similar restrictions on timber harvesting) in response to the rapid decline of natura...

At the seventeenth session the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC), member countries requested FAO to implement a study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timb...