Environment and natural resources

Award: ODV best open data set 2017Mekong Environment Forum – MEF 2017Building Community Capacity in Response to Mekong Delta Environmental ChangesCan Tho University, 28 December 2017OverviewAs part of the MEF and Can Tho University upcoming workshop on Building Community Capacity, the East-West Management Institute Open ...

The forum titled “The study on sustainable development and management of the Mekong river, including the impacts of mainstream hydropower projects and the update of preliminary design guidance, and sustainable hydropower development strategy in the lower Mekong basin” will beThe 2nd MRC regional stakeholder forum, ...

At the invitation of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang, President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump paid a state visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, from November 11 to 12, 2017.[] 14. The leaders noted that, as a partner of ...

The 24th MRC Council and 22nd Development Partner Consultative Group meetings will be held at Pattaya Resort in Chonburi Province of Thailand on November 28-30, 2017.The meeting will discuss a number of organizational matters including (i) cooperation between MRC and Dialogue Partners, Development Partners and ...

The side event is organised in partnership with the International Development Research Centre, McGill University, University of Notre Dam du Lac, Asian Institute of Technology, and the Africa Group of Negotiators Expert Support. Country delegates and experts will be sharing experiences on approaches to measuring ...

MRC received a one-day advance ‘emergency notification’ from China – its dialogue partner – about its planned water discharge from the Jinghong Reservoir to the lower Mekong River tomorrow, aimed to ensure power grid security.The discharge of the Jinghong reservoir on Lancang River will gradually ...

There are many stories about the Salween River. Myths from long ago. The hopes and tragedies of the recent past. The present day stories of a diversity of local lives and cultures. Dreams for a better future – some shared and some dissimiliar.  “Salween Stories” ...

Trade & Environment Database (TREND) interactive world map makes finding data stories on trade and environment easy. Journalists, researchers, and others can get an overview of the number of environmental provisions by country, in any chosen period, within a click.TREND analytics is a joint project of the German Development ...

Exploitative fishing practices, uncoordinated development of water infrastructure, and insufficient monitoring and sharing of hydro-data are among the major challenges facing Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam in managing their shared water resources across the Mekong borders, say new studies examining barriers to ensuring sustainable ...

GFW launched the new Forest Watcher mobile app today, designed to bring our powerful, real-time forest change data directly into the hands of people monitoring forests on the ground. Developed in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute and Vizzuality, Forest Watcher allow users to monitor and report forest change, straight ...