Environment and natural resources

The 5th GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting will be held from 30 January to 1 February 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The formal EMM-5 meeting of ministers will be on 1 February and preceded by 2 days of side events on 30 and 31 January.The overall theme ...

We, Thai Mekong People’s Network from Eight Provinces, declare our position from the Dialogue with Datang (Lao) Pak Beng Hydropower Co. Ltd. We demand an integrated assessment of the Mekong dam cascade, including Xayaburi, Sanakham, Pak Beng and Don Sahong Dams. We support a Dialogue ...

Disasters have multiple impacts e.g., losses of lives, devastating impacts on infrastructure, damage to ecosystems and undermining development. On top of this, climate change is expected to aggravate existing disaster risks in many regions of the world. There is a need for increased awareness amongst ...

As a Collaborative Partnership on Forest (CPF) member, UNCCD is co-organizing the International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area – from Aspiration to Action, which aims to provide substantive input, through UNFF13, to the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), the United ...

The Young Water Leaders Summit (YWLS) brings together water leaders of the future, and seeks to influence, equip, and transform them to become effective catalysts of continuous change in their home region and in the wider, water world.The 3-day Summit facilitates interactive dialogues on pressing ...

EarthRights International (ERI) is recruiting candidates for the seven-month program titled “Community Leadership for Earth Rights.” The curriculum integrates storytelling and legal advocacy strategies used to address earth rights abuses caused by large-scale development projects, with a strong focus on land rights, environmental and social impact ...

MRCS is arranging a Consultation with Developers on Review and Update of the Design Guidance for Proposed Mainstream (and Tributary) on January 25, 2018 at the Office of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR.For more details, please visit here ...

MRCS is arranging a Regional Training Workshop on Hydropower Environmental Impact Mitigation for the Lower Mekong Basin on January 23-24, 2018 at the Office of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR.For more details, please visit here ...

First Regional Workshop on the 1st Draft of the MRC’s Preliminary Guidelines for Wetland Inventory, WEFASAM and WBIA  will be held on January 4-5, 2018 at the Office of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR.The two-day workshop is to discuss ten-selected international/sensitive wetland sites ...

The Lower Mekong Public Policy Initiative (LMPPI) is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and jointly managed by Fulbright University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, and the Vietnam Program of Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the ...