Publication | 2010
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of…
Publication | 2010
Sharing the reform process : learning from the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA)
With a large percentage of the worlds population moving to urban areas, clean, affordable and timely supply of drinking and domestic water to its residents has become a priority. In most cities of the world, the primary responsibility of supplying drinking and domestic water lies with public…
Publication | 2009
Water governance : a situational analysis of Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam
The situation analysis studies assessed the current water governance frameworks encompassing policies, legal and regulatory frameworks, and institutional and decision-making aspects, for the three countries. The studies were used to assist the NWGs by identifying the key water governance issues…
Publication | 2006
How are decisions about water resources development made? This question is prompted by the continuing global interest in the final report from the World Commission on Dams (WCD), released in 2000, which offered seven strategic priorities as a framework to aid decision-making about large dams and…
Publication | 2005
Values and rewards : counting and capturing ecosystem water services for sustainable development
Water ecosystems have long been perceived by decision makers as having little value simply because their economic value is poorly understood and rarely articulated. Calculating the economic value of an ecosystem is a means of providing information which can be used to make better and more…
Publication | 2005
Agriculture in the lower Mekong basin : experience from the critical decade of 1966-1976
The decade from 1966 to 1976 was a tumultuous time in the history of the Lower Mekong Basin, with three of the four countries at war. Remarkably, this was also a time of major planning for developing the agricultural production systems of the region. This publication describes the pioneering…
Publication | 2002
Directory of protected areas in East Asia : people, organisations and places
Publication | 2001
Guidelines for tourism in parks and protected areas of East Asia
This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia. It has been designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of…
Grey literature | 2000
Rehabilitation of degraded forest ecosystems in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam
Of significant concern to governments in Southeast Asia is the rapid and extensive deforestation and forest degradation that has occurred in the recent past and in some cases is still occurring. The purpose of this publication is to assist stakeholders in the lower Mekong countries develop and…
Publication | 1999
Communities and forest management in Southeast Asia
The degree to which community involvement in forest management (CIFM) is recognised by governments and is integrated into state management goals varies widely. The goal of this regional profile series is to communicate CIFM experiences between regions, targeting diverse audiences including…