Dataset OD Mekong Datahub

Economic, social and environmental impacts of investments in mining

Lao People's Democratic Republic Issue and policy briefs Poverty ‐ Environment Initiative 2010 Environment and natural resources, Investment, Mining

This issues brief series is developed by the Poverty‐ Environment Initiative of Lao PDR to address poverty and environment issues in the current development and national plann...

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Dam EIAs enable “river grabbing” (Mae Khan Dam project)

Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam Advocacy and promotional materials Paw Siriluk Sriprasit 2014 Environment and natural resources, Environmental impact assessments, Water resources, Water rights

An article about the proposed Mae Khan Dam project in Thailand. The article outlines the opposition from the villagers of Mae Khanil-Tai, and describes how opposing dam projects...

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Chinese Banana Plantations Lose Their Appeal in Laos as Pollution Concerns Grow

Lao People's Democratic Republic Archived web content Ounkeo Souksavanh, Brooks Boliek 2016 Agricultural management systems and technologies, Economic land concessions and plantations, Environment and natural resources, Pest management, Water pollution

A boom in banana demand led to heavy agricultural investment in northern Laos as Chinese investors offered strong financial incentives to farmers to change land management pract...

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Options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam: an assessment in systems design and capacity building needs in Con Cuong District, Nghe An province

Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Manley, Patricia N., Mortenson, Leif; Halperin, James J.; Nguyen Hanh Quyen 2013 Climate change, Environment and natural resources, Forests and forestry, Protected forests

The report is about options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam based on an assessment in systems design and capacity-building needs in Con Cuong District. The...

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Ecosystem-based approaches to address climate change challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Asian Development Bank, Ornsaran Pomme Manuamorn, Jiao Xi 2015 Biodiversity, Climate change, Ecosystems, Environment and natural resources, Environmental and biodiversity protection

The brief summarises the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. The brief summarises the current state of GMS kn...

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World Development Indicators

Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam June 30, 2014 Source: http://wdi.worldbank.org/tables Environment and natural resources, Population and censuses

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), 2015.

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Ecosystem-based approaches to address climate change challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Issue and policy briefs Asian Development Bank 2015 Adaptation, Ecosystems, Environment and natural resources, Environmental and biodiversity protection

The brief summarizes the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. It draws upon work of the GMS Core Environment P...

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Law on the Approval of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change

Cambodia NS/RKM/1296/35 Law December 24, 1996 Climate change, Environment and natural resources, Social development

This Convention is an international environmental treaty. Its objective is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous ...

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Law on the Adoption of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat

Cambodia NS/RKM/1296/34 Law December 24, 1996 Environment and natural resources, Law and judiciary, Laws and regulations

This Law states the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat in order to protect and conserve a particular type of ec...

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Sustainable banking in ASEAN: Addressing ASEAN's forests, landscapes, climate, water, societies

Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) WWF: Anna Batenkova, Ferruccio Santetti, Naomin Tan NUS: Yu Wang 2017 Banking and financial services, Environment and natural resources

The report presents a comprehensive overview of the level of disclosure against the key pillars of corporate governance and ESG integration across the ASEAN banking sector, agai...

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GMS Aqueduct Atlas

Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam July 26, 2015 Source: Gassert, F., M. Luck, M. Landis, P. Reig, and T. Shiao. 2014.... Environment and natural resources, Water resources

The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (Aqueduct) is a robust communication tool that represents water-related risk through hydrological indicators. The framework comprises of 12 indicat...

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