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  • Land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam

    en Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Dang Hoa Ho, McPherson, Malcolm 2010 Land, Land classifications, Land policy and administration
    This paper explores land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam. The research is based on field work, discussions with officials and scholars and background research, a...

  • USAID Mekong ARCC climate change impact and adaptation study for the Lower Mekong Basin, protected areas

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Development Alternatives Inc,International Centre for... 2014 Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change, Economic land concessions and plantations, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Protected areas
    This report provides an outline of protected areas and biodiversity in the Lower Mekong Basin. The analysis contains an overview of threats to protected areas from climate chang...

  • Protecting peace and prosperity in Southeast Asia: synchronizing economic and security agendas

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) UNODC 2016 Crimes, Economy and commerce, Government, Human trafficking, International relations
    This report outlines the need to strengthen links between Southeast Asia’s economic integration agenda and its security agenda. The report provides a brief overview of economic ...

  • Airports of Myanmar

    en Myanmar July 27, 2015 Source: Environment Operations Centre (www.gms-eoc.org) based on Open... Airports and air travel, Infrastructure
    Airport locations in Myanmar including attributes (name, type ICAO and IATA code).

  • Economic Corridors of Myanmar

    en Myanmar July 27, 2015 Source: Environment Operations Centre (www.gms-eoc.org) digitized from GMS... Roads and bridges, Transport infrastructure and facilities
    A dataset containing trans-boundary roads declared Greater Mekong Subregion transport corridors and their status as of 2012 -- existing, planned, potential.

  • Economic Corridors of Vietnam

    en Viet Nam July 27, 2015 Source: Environment Operations Centre (www.gms-eoc.org) digitized from GMS... Roads and bridges, Transport infrastructure and facilities
    A dataset containing trans-boundary roads declared Vietnamese transport corridors and their status as of 2012 -- existing, planned, potential.

  • Greater Mekong Subregion administrative boundaries

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China July 9, 2015 Source: World Countries: Published by DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.... Administration, Government, Labor, Migration, Trade
    This is a geospatial dataset of polygons describing administrative boundaries for the Greater Mekong Subregion. It has been trimmed to the area of interest by Open Development M...

  • Reservoirs of the Greater Mekong Subregion

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China January 6, 2016 Source: Reservoirs: Lehner, B., Reidy Liermann, C., Revenga, C.,... Agriculture, Energy, Irrigation and water management
    This point layer (GRanD_Reservoirs_v1_1) represents the locations and attribute information of reservoirs contained in the GRanD database, version 1.1. For details please refer ...

  • Major Urban areas of the Greater Mekong Subregion

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China July 28, 2015 Source: Major Urban Areas: Published by DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.... Tourism
    World Urban Areas represents the major urban areas (polygons), with populations greater than 10,000.

  • Myanmar Wetland Irrigated Rice Yield (Baseline 1961-1990 vs 2080 projection)

    en Myanmar July 28, 2015 Source: Saxon, E.C., and Sheppard, S. M., 2013. Modeled Change in... Agriculture, Food security, Irrigation and water management, Rice
    This is a comparison of two FAO/GAEZ datasets (Food and Agriculture Organization/Global Agro-Ecological Zones), agro-climatically attainable yield for low input level irrigated ...

  • Myanmar Main Tourist Sites

    en Myanmar July 27, 2015 Source: Asian Development Bank / Environment Operations Centre (www.gms-eoc.org). Tourism
    A geospatial dataset of the main tourist sites in Myanmar.

  • Cases of local transboundary environmental management in border areas of the Mekong watershed in Yunnan, China

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Zuo Ting Environment and natural resources, Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Provincial and local governments, Trade
    This paper documents cases of transboundary environmental cooperation and issues in local institutional contexts in Yunnan, China. Cases include formal agreements on specific is...

  • The politics of uncertainty: Knowledge production, power and politics on the Mekong River

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Middleton, Carl 2014 Environment and natural resources, Water policy and administration, Water resources, Water rights
    This paper explores how uncertainty shapes transboundary water governance. It considers how a politics of uncertainty emerges alongside other political strategies, such as the p...

  • Assessing the assessments: Transboundary impact assessment in the Mekong River and other international watercourses

    en Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Bruch, Carl 2007 Environmental impact assessments, Water policy and administration, Water resources
    A presentation on transboundary impact assessments (TIAs) in the Mekong River and other international watercourses. The presenter outlines research by the Environmental Law Inst...

  • The fate of the Sesan river in Lower Mekong river basin

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Paul, Reba 2013 Concessions, Water policy and administration, Water resources
    A presentation on the Sesan river and the proposed Sesan river and Yali Falls dam projects. The presenter discusses consequences of the Yali Falls Dam and the political and econ...

  • The Don Sahong Dam: Potential impacts on regional fish migrations, livelihoods and human health

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Baird, Ian G. 2009 Community fisheries, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Livelihood rights, Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
    This paper focuses on the potential impacts of the Don Sahong Dam on fisheries, food security and poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries. The findings of the stu...

  • Lessons learned from the ground: Two hydropower dams in the Mekong region

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Middleton, Carl Biodiversity, Climate change, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Water resources
    A presentation outlining lessons learned from dam projects using the case studies of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia and Buon Kuop Dam in Vietnam. The presenter outlines the importa...

  • People protecting their ecosystem in the lower Mekong (PEM) Progress Updates

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Sophoan Phean 2015 Agricultural policy and administration, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Food security, Livelihood rights
    A presentation describing Oxfam’s "People protecting their ecosystem in the lower Mekong (PEM)” project. The presenter describes the project and its achievements in the fields o...

  • Developing agreements for transboundary EIA in Asia: From sub-regional to regional?

    en Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Marsden, Simon 2011 Environmental impact assessments, Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities, Water resources
    A presentation discussing the potential for a regional agreement on transboundary environmental impact assessments (TEIA) in Asia. The presenter introduces regional and sub-regi...

  • Letters from the Mekong: Obstacles to equitable hydropower development planning

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Weatherby, Courtney 2014 Water and sanitation NGOs, Water policy and administration, Water resources, Water rights
    An article analysing political pressure on the Mekong River Commission and possible impacts of proposed dam projects. The author argues that the Mekong River Commission should m...