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Coastal strategy of Koh Kong
Cambodia
Books and book chapters
Koh Kong Provincial Administration
2020
The Coastal Strategy of Koh Kong province serves as a master plan in which it expresses the collective vision of Koh Kong citizens regarding specifically natural resource and bi...
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Booklet on natural resources and wildlife status in protected areas and northern biodiversity corridor, north Tonle Sap lake 2020
Cambodia
Books and book chapters
Seng Kim Hout, Ministry of Environment
2020
This booklet provides a useful source of information and related data on the status of wildlife presence, habitats, natural resources, protected area commu...
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Environment and agricultural investment in Lao PDR: An assessment of impacts, gaps and needs of agricultural investors, local authorities and communities affected by investments
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Village Focus International and National University of Laos...
2019
This report describes the current situation of environmental impacts arising from agricultural investments in northern Lao PDR, and identifies key gaps and needs of stakeholders...
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Laos Statistical Yearbook 2017
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lao Statistics Bureau
2018
The statistics yearbook are summarizing the data from provincial statistics Centre and from the line ministries concerned and ministry-equivalent agencies in the whole country i...
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Biodiversity, Human Rights and Business in Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
MCRB, Sally Johnson, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business,...
2018
This briefing paper explores the relationship between biodiversity, human rights, society and business in Myanmar, with particular reference to the oil and gas, mining and touri...
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A Visit to the Mother River
Thailand
Archived web content
Peter Bosshard and Sarah Bardeen
2016
The Mekong, which local people call their Mother River (or Mae Khong), is central to Chiang Khong’s way of life. However, its environment has been damaged as special economic zo...
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Northern villagers feel 'zoned' out
Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
PARITTA WANGKIAT
2016
The news of a Special Economic Zone on their doorstep was of little concern to the laid-back community in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai. They had their forest, or “natural...
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The river ‘is not for sale’ warn Mekong villages
Thailand
Archived web content
Feng Hao
2018
The locals of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand describe their lives as “three days of fishing, two days of drying the nets”. They fish the river in the rainy season, then as the ...
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Climate change vulnerability mapping for greater Mekong sub-region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kuntiyawichai, Plermkamon, Jayakumar, Van Dau, UNESCO Office...
2015
It is well recognized that the impacts of climate change pose a serious threat to socio-economic, environment, and people’s livelihoods,particularly those in developing cou...
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Impacts of mineral exploitation on forests and biodiversity in 2015
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Cao Hồng Kỳ, Tô Đức Hiện, Nguyễn Đức Anh, The Union of Science and...
2015
This report focuses on: Impacts of mining activities on forest resources and biodiversity in Minh Son commune; Benefit-sharing between the mining companies and the local communi...
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Indigenous knowledge and customary law in natural resource management: Experiences in Yunnan, China and Haruku, Indonesia
China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
AIPP, He Hong Mu Xiuping and Eliza Kissya with Yanes
2010
Lands and territories inhabited by most indigenous peoples across the globe are rich in natural resources. Through generations of experimentation and as custodians, the indigeno...
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Status of Indigenous Peoples’ lands, territories and resources in Asia
Asia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Shimreichon Luithui- Erni, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
2019
Indigenous Peoples, because of their subordination and distinctiveness from mainstream cultures and polities, have been and still are subjected to gross human rights violations,...
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Research on the Roles and Contributions of Indigenous Women in Sustainable Forest Management in Mekong Countries
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Jacqueline K. Cariño,Aye...
2013
Indigenous women depend daily on the forests to supply the needs of their families for food, water, livelihood, firewood, shelter and health care.
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Risks of Belt and Road Initiative Projects in ASEAN
Asia, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Donald Low, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
2020
This paper mainly analyzes the three most salient risks, namely fiscal risk, governance risk and environmental risk host countries of BRI might confront. First, the implementati...
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Vietnam 2035: Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity and Democracy
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank, Cao, Sinh Viet; Demombynes, Gabriel; Kwakwa, Victoria;...
2016
The year 2015 marks 70 years since Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence, 40 years since Reunification, and just short of 30 years from the launch of Doi Moi, which catapulted t...
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Evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ratha Chea, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek, CNRS, Université Toulouse...
2016
A report analysis by Ratha Chea, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek on evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map, published in the Low...
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Brief of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Systems Diagnostic
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2019
This brief provides understanding of Myanmar EIA systems and recommendations towards their strengthing.
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Extreme weather events in developing countries and related injuries and mental health disorders - a systematic review
Global
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Elisabeth Rataj, Katharina Kunzweiler and Susan Garthus-Niegel
2016
Due to climate change, extreme weather events have an incremental impact on human health. Injuries and mental health disorders are a particular burden of disease, which is broad...
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State of the Basin report 2018
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong River Commission
2019
This State of the Basin Report 2018 assesses conditions within the Mekong basin and the impacts, both positive and negative, that developments and use of the water and related n...
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SITUATION UPDATE No. 9 Effect of TS 11 (Son-Tinh) and Situation of Xe-Pien and Xenamnoy Dam, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
The AHA Centre
2018
Due to monsoon season and heavy rainfall brought by TS 11 (Son-Tinh), 762 villages in 55 districts of 13 provinces have reported flooding as of 1 Aug 2018. This is a situation u...