The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2018Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Thailand
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Laos, South-Eastern Asia
In this report, we test the hypothesis that the primary factors behind the farming system changes in Ban Lak Sip lay not in the village itself but rather in the broader Laotian social, economic and political setting. The study uses an integrated approach that examines both the physical and social dimensions of land use and soil erosion in Ban Lak Sip within this broader system environment.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2006China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South-Eastern Asia
Recurring water crises, global water initiatives, and demands for water reforms by development banks, have all pushed water up the agenda of most Mekong-region countries. Many changes have already been made. Now decision makers need to know what has worked, what hasn?t, and why. To find out, IWMI has reviewed new water policies, plans and laws, and assessed participation, the new water ?apex bodies?, and integrated water resources management (IWRM). The findings show that top-down state policies based on ?blueprints?
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2003Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1996Peru, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, South America, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005Laos, South-Eastern Asia
This issue of Water Policy Briefing is based on research presented in When ?Conservation? Leads to Land Degradation: Lessons from Ban Lak Sip, Laos (IWMI Research Report 91) by Guillaume Lestrelin, Mark Giordano and Bounmy Keohavong. The research was carried out by the Managing Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC)?a multi-country collaborative effort to better understand land degradation, and potential solutions, in upland areas of Southeast Asia. MSEC is coordinated by IWMI with substantial contributions from France?s Institute of Research for Development (IRD).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Laos, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2013Laos, Sri Lanka
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