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Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2016-2020
Objective 1: Improved vulnerable groups’ and poor households’ access to and/or control of productive natural resources, financial and support services, and to social protection...
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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbani...
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Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific
This report shows that the low labor force participation of women is intimately related to how they allocate time between market and nonmarket activities. Indeed, in deciding wh...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable developm...
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National Footprint Accounts
This is a shareable data set, accessed from the Global Happy Planet Index under a creative commons license. It contains the data used to calculate this index. The 2017 version h...
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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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The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2016
A report by L. Ababouch on The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2016 Contributing to food security and nutrition for all, published in Rome, Italy by FAO Fisheries and A...
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Turn down the heat : climate extremes, regional impacts, and the case for resilience
This shortened version of the longer "Turn down the heat" report was prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics and focusses on the reg...
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Towards the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in the Southeast Asia region
Proceedings of the Southeast Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context ...
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Press Release: The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of The Philippines v. The People's Republic of China)
Press release on the outcome of the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People’s Republic of China
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Summary and Overview of World Wildlife Crime Report
Summary on report on global wildlife trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Women in Fisheries in Asia
This paper begins with a review of the cultural and political background of selected Asian countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Lao PDR, Ma...
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Master plan on ASEAN connectivity
The Associaton of Southeast Asian Nations' master plan for increasing connectivity in the region published in 2010, developed with impetus from the 15th ASEAN Summit in Cha-am H...
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Asia's agrarian reform in reverse: laws taking land out of small farmers' hands
The April 2015 edition of Against the Grain -- a report by Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) on laws and mechanisms in Asia that result in land transfer from indepe...
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Environmental Performance Index: 2016 report
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries’ performance on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health and protection of ecosystem...
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Assessing the assessments: Transboundary impact assessment in the Mekong River and other international watercourses
A presentation on transboundary impact assessments (TIAs) in the Mekong River and other international watercourses. The presenter outlines research by the Environmental Law Inst...
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Developing agreements for transboundary EIA in Asia: From sub-regional to regional?
A presentation discussing the potential for a regional agreement on transboundary environmental impact assessments (TEIA) in Asia. The presenter introduces regional and sub-regi...
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Risk-sensitive development in Asia, 12th meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) on Disaster Management
Proceedings of the 12th Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management, held 16-18 June 2015 in Bhutan. This document provides background on the RCC, disaster risk reduc...