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Climate change vulnerability mapping for greater Mekong sub-region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kuntiyawichai, Plermkamon, Jayakumar, Van Dau, UNESCO Office...
2015
It is well recognized that the impacts of climate change pose a serious threat to socio-economic, environment, and people’s livelihoods,particularly those in developing cou...
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Mekong Basin
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage on the Mekong River.
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Physiography
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage on the physiography of the Mekong River.
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Chinese Intentions Towards the Mekong River and Mainland South-East Asia
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Mervyn Piesse, Research Manager, Global Food and Water Crises...
2020
The Asian Development Bank estimated that South-East Asia will require $3.1 trillion between 2016 and 2030 to develop energy, transportation, water and sanitation systems for su...
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Cambodia, Global, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Convention
December 16, 1966
The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent d...
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Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Tom Fawthrop
2018
This is an archived webpage of an article on the Attapeu dam disaster from The Diplomat.
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News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Julia Wallace and Len Leng
2018
This is an archived webpage of an article on the lack of information for Laotians during the 2018 dam failure.
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South-east Asia: Drought - 2015-2017
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Reliefweb
This archived webpage gives a description of the Southeast Asia drought crisis in 2015-2017.
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Southeast Asia: Drought - 2019-2020
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Reliefweb
This archived webpage describes an ongoing drought crisis in Southeast Asia that began in 2019 (as at March 2020)
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Lao PDR/Cambodia: Floods - Jul 2018
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
ReliefWeb
This is an archived webpage of a description of floods in Lao PDR and Cambodia in 2018 July.
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State of Knowledge: Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Karen Delfau, Pichamon Yeophantong
2020
This State of Knowledge: Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region highlights women’s contributions - both actual and potential - to better governance, social, and environmental out...
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Monitoring the Quantity of Water Flowing Through the Upper Mekong Basin Under Natural (Unimpeded) Conditions
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Alan Basist and Claude Williams, Eyes on Earth, Inc. and Global...
2020
This study developed a reliable and simple model that predicts the natural flow of the Upper Mekong, then used this prediction to determine how the cascade of dams built on the ...
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019: Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns.
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...
2019
This year’s report presents evidence that the absolute number of people who suffer from hunger continues to slowly increase. The report also highlights that food insecurity is m...
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Impacts of Mainstream Hydropower Dams on Fisheries and Agriculture in Lower Mekong Basin
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Yuichiro Yoshida, Han Soo Lee, Bui Huy Trung , Hoang-Dung Tran,...
2020
This paper, however, discusses the fishery and agricultural sectors of the LMB and focuses on the downstream floodplains of Cambodia and Vietnam. The dam construction has caused...
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The effects of hydropower dams on the hydrology of the Mekong Basin
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
WLE Greater Mekong, Hecht, J. and Lacombe, G
2014
A research paper by Hecht, J. and Lacombe, G on The effects of hydropower dams on the hydrology of the Mekong Basin published in 2014 by CGIAR Research Program - WLE Greater Mek...
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Evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ratha Chea, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek, CNRS, Université Toulouse...
2016
A report analysis by Ratha Chea, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek on evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map, published in the Low...
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Aquaculture Production
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 22, 2020
Source: http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/global-aquaculture-production...
The data is a subset of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (2014), it is the only repository for global fishery data, regularly collects and analyses fisheries statist...
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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...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Lower Mekong Countries Dataset
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
February 21, 2020
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and...
<p>This dataset, created by ODM, aggregates data from various sources to build out data relating to SDG indicators of interest for the Lower Mekong Region. It is updated on a re...
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Chinese equity investments in energy reshape South and Southeast Asia - Greenpeace Analysis
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Greenpeace International
2019
A five-year 1,370% surge in Chinese equity investments in solar, wind, and coal projects around South and Southeast Asia means stronger financing options for wind and solar proj...