Environment and natural resources

Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is headed to Kyoto where hundreds of international experts will explore how to win the race against global warming and build a climate-smart future.  Share your best photographs to show us the changes you observe. Capture how people, communities and businesses are ...

The Mekong River is a source of water for millions, the world’s most productive freshwater fishery, and a lifeline shared by people of five nations. What better reasons to “Act Green for a Greener Mekong”? Now, our own green actions have a chance to be recognized and rewarded as ...

Expanded Constituency Workshops will be held in Mongolia from 23 to 26 April 2019. ECW 2019 keeps the GEF National Focal Points, Convention Focal Points and other key stakeholders, including civil society, up to date on GEF strategies, policies and procedures and to encourage coordination. The events enable focal ...

This E-course provides an overview of the GEF, a unique international organization that is dedicated to safeguarding the global environment. It is a joint production by the GEF Secretariat’s Knowledge & Learning Team and the Open Learning Campus (OLC) of the World Bank Group, and ...

Earth Journalism Network (EJN)’s Asia-Pacific project aims to overcome these barriers by providing grants and mentorship to individual journalists to report on climate change, environment and natural resource management. They are seeking in-depth or investigative stories that focus on climate and environmental change or natural resource management ...

Experiences of water insecurity vary depending on identity issues including gender, ethnicity, race, class and age. While women play significant roles in managing water resources, their contributions are often overlooked. This discussion brief outlines some approaches to inclusive decision making within water governance mechanisms. Read ...

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering grants to journalists in the Asia-Pacific region to support in-depth and investigative reporting on climate and environmental change that can inform at-risk communities and policy makers to make better decisions and build resilience. EJN expects to award around 30 ...

Summer School: Mekong Water Governance will be held on 21-25 January 2019 This intensive one-week Summer School aims to build multi-scholar and critical thinking skills for water governance in civil society, state and young academic practitioners. The key areas of focus are dimensions of transboundary impact ...

The EarthRights School (ERS) is a training program for civil society advocates from Myanmar and the Mekong region who are working on environmental and human rights issues. The theme of the seven-month program is “Community Leadership for Earth Rights.” The curriculum integrates storytelling and legal ...

Mekong Tourism launches an aerial video and photography campaign ‘Mekong From Above’ to boost travel awareness in the six-country region. Mekong From Above invites photo and video enthusiasts to present their best aerial shots that showcase the life and landscapes of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) ...