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Wetland Priority Sites in Lao PDR - the top five priority sites
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Dr. Phaivanh...
2011
This presentation discusses Wetland Priority Sites in LAO PDR and prepared for: Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin f...
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Lao PDR to strengthen climate-resilient road network and connectivity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Nordic Development Fund
2017
Archived news article from the Nordic Development Fund providing details of the financing of the Lao Road Sector 2 projects to develop climate resilient road infrastructure in r...
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Options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam: an assessment in systems design and capacity building needs in Con Cuong District, Nghe An province
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Manley, Patricia N., Mortenson, Leif; Halperin, James J.; Nguyen Hanh Quyen
2013
The report is about options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam based on an assessment in systems design and capacity-building needs in Con Cuong District. The...
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Design options for a forest carbon legal framework for Lao PDR: Drawing lessons from across the globe
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Chokkalingam, Unna
2010
This study looks at the possible design options that could form the basis of a legal framework for carrying out forest carbon activities and investments in Laos by both public a...
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Ecosystem-based approaches to address climate change challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank, Ornsaran Pomme Manuamorn, Jiao Xi
2015
The brief summarises the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. The brief summarises the current state of GMS kn...
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Assessment of existing fund mechanisms under Cambodian Law for a national REDD+ fund
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Gillian Duggin
2014
This report is about the assessment of existing fund mechanism under Cambodia’s law for a national REDD+fund. The aim of this report is to support the first step in a process fo...
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Communities must see the plus in REDD-plus: REDD-plus demonstration projects are providing important lessons for a REDD-plus framework in Cambodia that works for communities
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeannette Gurung, Kalyan Hou, Koma Long and Stewart Maginnis
2010
This report presents the outcomes of the Cambodia REDD-plus readiness field dialogue. Chapter 2 captures the context and status of REDD-plus readiness in Cambodia, building on m...
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Promotion of Climate Resilience for Food Security in ASEAN
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and...
2015
This study made full use of existing information and data from official sources in Vietnam, such as government agencies that are responsible for or related to climate change pol...
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Community forestry REDD project: Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
Long Ratanakoma, Amanda Bradley, Leslie Durschinger
A brief case study of a community forest REDD project in Oddar Meanchey province. The Cambodian Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) carbon offset project...
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Community tenure rights and REDD+: a review of the Oddar Meanchey community forestry REDD+ project in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Yeang Donal
2012
Tenure rights over land, forest, and carbon have become a contentious issue within REDD+ implementation across the tropics because local communities could be excluded from REDD+...
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Assessment of land use, forest policy and governance in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeremy Broadhead and Rebeca Izquierdo
2011
An assessment to identify key drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation in Cambodia and review past efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, in order to ...
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Climate Change and Its Impact on the Lao and Cambodian People
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Phoonsab Thevongsa, republished by IUCN
2012
As climate change intensifies, so do the threats to the environment and ecosystems because they are affected by variations in the weather such as temperature, rainfall and river...
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A new urban landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
A Schneider, C M Mertes, A J Tatem, B Tan, D Sulla-Menashe, S J...
2015
East–Southeast Asia is currently one of the fastest urbanizing regions in the world, with countries such as China climbing from 20 to 50% urbanized in just a few decades. By 205...
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Low-Carbon Transport Policy in Four ASEAN Countries: Developments in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bakker, S.; Dematera Contreras, K.; Kappiantari, M.; Tuan, N.A.;...
2017
Emerging countries in Southeast Asia are facing considerable challenges in addressing rising motorisation and its negative impact on air quality, traffic, energy security, livea...
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Vietnam's National Climate Change Strategy
Viet Nam
Archived web content
Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
2011
Executive. National Climate Change Strategy and Decision No. 2139 / QD-TTg on Approving the National Climate Change Strategy. The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vie...
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The Paris Agreement
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
UNFCCC
2015
The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and – for the first time – brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adap...
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1992
The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provision...
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Grassroots capacity building for REDD+ in Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
RECOFTC
2014
This document reviews the successes and challenges of the REDD+ program's capacity building efforts across multiple countries, as well as looks ahead to potential next phases fo...
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Inside and outside the maps: mutual accommodation and forest destruction in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Courtney Work , Ratha Thuon
2017
The paper focuses on how climate change mitigation policies and economic land and mining concessions in Prey Lang, Cambodia, accommodate and facilitate each other physically, di...
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National Adaptation Policy on Climate Change in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change, Ministry of...
Presentation on National Adaptation Policy on Climate Change in LAO PDR