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
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
Publication | 2002
Directory of protected areas in East Asia : people, organisations and places
Publication | 2001
Guidelines for financing protected areas in East Asia
These guidelines address one of the most critical issues which protected area planners and managers face in the East Asia region: obtaining the funds needed to ensure the survival and success of protected areas. The publication explains how protected areas can generate more finance to help meet…
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…
Publication | 1998
Planning environmental communication and education : lessons from Asia
The text provides an overview of environmental communication and education practice and lessons from Asian governments, NGOs and the media. Drawing from papers presented at the IUCN, Unesco, UNEP organised workshop for Asian environment ministries and partners held in 1996, the text provides…