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Water resources for sustainable development in Vietnam - Opportunities and challenges
The article addresses the important role of water resources in the socio-economic development of Vietnam, some challenges of water resource management, and promotes nine measure...
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based pove...
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The Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th edition
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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Climate proofing ADB investment in the transport sector: initial experience
This publication is the outcome of the review prepared in collaboration with the Environment Community of Practice and the Environment and Safeguards Division of the Regional an...
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ADB and the Climate Investment Funds: Climate Change Innovation and Action in Asia and the Pacific
This document presents ADB’s experience in developing Climate Investment Funds (CIF) programs and highlights innovative transformations expected from or already achieved by ADB ...
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Defintion of Forests: A Review
The definition of word "Forest" differs from region to region, and country to country based on the objectives of management, land use, vegetation type, composition, altitude, e...
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Mysterious Mekong: New Species Discoveries 2012-2013
An extraordinary 367 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong in 2012 and 2013. Among the species newly described by scientists are 290 plants, 24 fish, 21 amphibians, ...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
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...
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World Development Indicators: Deforestation and Biodiversity
As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. This comprehensive dataset presents the most current and accurate...
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List of Provinces for ODM target countries (ISO-3166-2)
Provincial codes for Thailand, Myanmar, Lao, Vietnam and Cambodia, provided by ISO-3166-2 as well as Federal Information Processing Standard (FIDS-10-4) and Geopolitical Entitie...
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Study on the Impacts of Mainstream Hydropower on the Mekong River - Draft Impact Assessment Report: Impact Assessment Methods and Results – Summary Version
This document is a summary version of the Mekong Delta Study (MDS) Impact Assessment Report (IAR). There have been constant worries that construction and operation of any o...
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Water resources-challenges and strategies for the management and use of water resources for the sustainable development of the Mekong river delta
A conference presentation by a MONRE representative in Can Tho 2017 on the following: I. Patterns of Water Resource Use in the Mekong Delta 1.The needs of the entire Mekon...
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Equity in water resource use
Decree No. 82/2017 / ND-CP was released by the Prime Minister stipulating the method of allocating water usage rights offiicially took effect on the 1st of September 1, 2017. Th...
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Decision 432: Approving the Vietnam Sustainable Development Strategy 2011-2020
To ratify the strategy for sustainable development in Vietnam in the 2011-2020 period with the following principal contents: i. Perspectives, objectives and priority orientatio...
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Decision 81: Approving the National Strategy on Water Resources to 2020
Decision to implement guidelines on water resource protection; including both general and specific objectives aimed at the protection, efficient use and sustainable development ...
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Swidden, Rubber and Carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is th...
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World Bank Country and Lending Groups
The current (2018) classification of countries by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita used by the World Bank to defined their lending policies in XLS format
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Join Statement of the tenth ASEAN Ministerial meeting on Transnational Crime (10th AMMTC)
The statement of the ASEAN Ministers from Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of ...
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Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin
The past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international ...
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