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Managing Water Scarcity in Asia and the Pacific - A Summary: Trends, Experiences and Recommendations for a Resilient Future
Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Australian–Mekong Partnership for Environmental Resources and...
2023
In the Asia–Pacific region, water resources form the basis of agrarian prosperity and economic development. However, increasing water demand due to population growth, rapid indu...
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The Mekong and Women in Northern Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Teerapong Poman and Arita Ratchathani
2023
Local knowledge of the Mekong River Basin is important to determine their own destiny and the Mekong River ecosystem. No one will know and love the Mekong River more than the lo...
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Provincial investment plan in piped water supply
Cambodia
September 6, 2021
Source:
The dataset of Provincial Investment Plan in Piped Water Supply (PIP) Study was conducted by Investing in Infrastructure (3i) program in 2020 funded by Australian Aid. The study...
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Myanmar Reservoirs
Myanmar
November 5, 2019
Source: European Commission's [Global Surface Water...
Vector layer (polygons) of reservoirs identified in Myanmar from dam point dataset.
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Credit crunch: Chinese infrastructure lending and Lao sovereign debt
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith Barney, Kanya Souksakoun
2021
This article identifies the root of the government debt crisis focusing on the role of hydropower in form of the provision of the new short term credit of china. Outlining the o...
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Decree No. 20 on Reservoir and Reservoir Management
Lao People's Democratic Republic
20/gov
Decree
January 20, 2021
This decree sets out the rule of principles, and measures management, monitoring, reservoir affairs, explore, create an account, and watershed management plan, assess and identi...
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Canals in Cambodia (2008)
Cambodia
October 26, 2016
Source: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Asia...
This dataset is included geographical locations of canals and types of canal such as earthen, levee and masonry. The data is released by Department of Geography of Ministry of L...
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Sub-decree No. 221 on the area of Boeung Trabek reservoir in Phnom Penh as state public property
Cambodia
221
Sub-decree
December 30, 2020
This sub-decree defines the Boeung Trabek reservoir area of 145,627 square meters (one hundred and forty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-seven square meters) located in P...
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Dams in Cambodia (2008)
Cambodia
October 25, 2016
Source: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Asia...
This dataset is included geographical locations of dams and types of dam such as earthen, levee and masonry. The data is released by Department of Geography, the Ministry of Lan...
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Key lessons learnt on promoting water cooperation
Cambodia, China, Global, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
International Annual UN-Water Zaragoza Conference 2013
2013
A summary of key lessons learnt on promoting water cooperation. The lessons are organized around two key issues: tools for enabling and sustaining cooperation and tools for impr...
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Indicators for sustainable water resources development
Global
Archived web content
J-M. Faurès
1997
Information on quantity and quality of natural resources is essential for sustainable agricultural development. In particular, information on freshwater resources, their availab...
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Water management in times of scarcity in the Mekong Region
Mekong
Issue and policy briefs
May Thazin Aung
This brief, based on a literature review, presents key findings and recommendations for future research to understand the current state of scientific knowledge on the policies a...
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MRC: Governance and organisational structure
Mekong
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage showing the governance and organisational structure of the Mekong River Commission.
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Core River Basin Management Functions
Mekong
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This archived webpage describes the core river basin management functions of the Mekong River Commission.
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New study shows significant impact of Chinese dams on Mekong
Mekong
Archived web content
Timo Räsänen
2017
This is an archived webpage showing an article on the downstream impacts of dams on the Mekong River mainstream.
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China and the Geopolitics of the Mekong River Basin
Mekong
Archived web content
Richard Cronin
This is an archived webpage of an article on the geopolitics of the Mekong River.
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A brief history of Lancang-Mekong cooperation
Mekong
Archived web content
Lancang Mekong Cooperation
This is an archived webpage showing the history of Lancang Mekong Cooperation.
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MRC: Basin Planning
Mekong
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage discussing MRC's approach to basin planning.
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The Mekong River Commission: Does it work, and how does the Mekong Basin’s geography influence its effectiveness?
Mekong
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ellen Backer Bruzelius
2007
This article assesses the effectiveness of the Mekong River Commission, its impact on the policies of its members, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Viet Nam, and their engagement...
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FAO Aquastat
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 20, 2020
Source: FAO. 2016. AQUASTAT website. Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Aquastat is FAO's global water information system, developed by the Land and Water Division. FAO's three main goals are: (i) the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnu...