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Musa serpentina (Musaceae): a new banana species from western border of Thailand
Myanmar, Thailand
Advocacy and promotional materials
Sasivimon Swangpol and Jamorn Somana
2011
Musa serpentina Swangpol & Somana, a new species from Thailand in areas bordering Myanmar is described and illustrated. A key is given to the wild bananas of the area
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Biodiversity assessment of the Mekong River in northern Lao PDR: A follow up study
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
ed. Pierre Dubeau, IUCN Water and Nature Initiative; Mekong...
2004
The follow-up scoping survey presented in this report builds on the first rapid biodiversity scoping study of the upper stretches of the Mekong conducted in February 2003. It is...
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Lao PDR national agro-biodiversity program and action plan II (2015-2025)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Nat ional Agricultural Biodiversity Programme
2016
Lao PDR is largely an agrarian society and its agro-biodiversity resources not only support national social and economic development generally, but also underpin rural livelihoo...
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Summary of activities of income and expenditure on environmental conservation fund
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
2010
Summary of activities of income and expenditure on environmental conservation fund
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Climate change in the lower Mekong Basin
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
United States Agency for International Development, World Resource...
2011
Report assessing potential impacts of climate change on the lower Mekong, tracking its possible risk for high-risk populations and ecologically vulnerable areas
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Field study: Nam Et and Phou Loei national biodiversity conservation areas
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
This field study investigates the economic benefits provided by two adjoiningNational Biodiversity Conservation Areas (NBCAs): Nam Et and Phou Loei (NEPL).
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MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Books and book chapters
ADB
2015
This document presents the latest data on indicators of MDG 7 and corresponding targets with short commentaries on progress toward achieving them. Across Asia and the Pacific, t...
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GMS Cooperation on Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program
2018
Border areas have historically been a source of conflict and strife in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Nowadays, with over 20 years of continuing peace and growing prosperity, bor...
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Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
UN
Overview of Millennium Development Goal 7.
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Renewable Energy Developments and Potential in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2015
Renewable energy alternatives in the form of solar, wind, biomass, and biogas address these imperatives, not as solutions but as nonetheless important steps toward sustainable a...
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Cambodia's Roadmap For Sustainable Development: The National Environment Strategy and Action Plan
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2017
Cambodia's National Environment Strategy and Action Plan, 2016-2023 (NESAP) aims to ensure that environmental protection and sustainable natural resource management are pillars ...
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Safeguarding Myanmar's Environment
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2017
Since emerging from decades of economic and political isolation, Myanmar’s reconnection with the global community has seen its economy grow more than 6% every year. ADB forecast...
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The Greater Mekong Subregion: Core Environment Program
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2018
The pattern of economic growth that has enabled the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to grow rapidly over the past 2 decades is no longer sustainable. That growth...
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Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program: Strategic Framework and Action Plan 2018-2022
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
GMS Environment Operations Center
2017
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) remains on a steady trajectory of economic growth and poverty reduction. This trend is expected to accelerate following the establishment of t...
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UNDP-funded extensive research work to identify the conditions to promote sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production and consumption in Cambodia
Cambodia
Archived web content
Mathilde Lestideau
2017
Over the past five months, GERES Cambodia’s Sector Leader Climate & Development conducted a consulting mission for UNDP about a core topic for GERES: Woodfuels Value Chains and ...
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Emerging market for sustainable food in Bangkok
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kantamaturapoj, Kanang, Oosterveer, Peter; Spaargaren, Gert
2012
This paper analyses the process of change towards sustainable food consumption in Bangkok. The authors investigate how consumers and the system of provision interact in retail o...
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Thailand Wetlands
Thailand
Books and book chapters
Rory McCann, Birdlife
2003
The coastal wetlands in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park face many pressures, including conversion to aquaculture and plantations.This region includes the wetlands on the floodpla...
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Toward a National Eco-Compensation Regulation in the People's Republic of China
China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
Eco-compensation in the PRC is mainly a public mechanism to promote environmental protection and restoration, including through the payment for ecological services. It is a pack...
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The Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th edition
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
2013
The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, regional and nation...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2011
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These cha...