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“Experiences from other GMS countries help us inspire our national teams”

The participant is disembarking the bus after a visit to the NSTDA. Although it has been a long day with exposure to cutting edge Thai know-how, state-of-the-art-technology and environmental science, he and his Chinese counterpart are enthusiastic about what they have experienced and agree that they can each apply the new knowledge immediately when they are back in their home ministries next week. The statement above comes from one of the participants in ADB’s Phnom Penh Plan for Development management seminar on sustainable development as he is telling me about the field trip. [click here for more information]


Meeting Summary of WGE-SAM4 is now available

The Meeting Summary of the 4th semi-annual meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE-SAM4), held on 25th November in Bangkok, Thailand, is now available. Please click for the Meeting Summary (PDF: 117KB | 7 pages) or more details on The 4th semi-annual meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE-SAM4)


Introducing Modeling for Strategic Environmental Assessment in Danang

Environment Operations Center (EOC) and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) held a two day workshop introducing modeling as part of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Danang, Viet Nam, on November 30th - December 1st.
The workshop introduced two models focusing on biodiversity and land use to 20 experts from Quang Nam province and Hanoi. [click here for more information]


GMS Shares Experiences on REDD

Revenue-sharing, the importance of involving local communities in the planning of REDD mechanisms, land management and REDD’s role in the coming negotiations at COP-15 in Copenhagen, this December 2009, were all central issues that were discussed during the 4th semi-annual meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE-SAM4) which met 25 – 26 November in Bangkok, Thailand. [click here for more information]


Green Governors Discuss REDD

On Thursday 12 November 2009, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting that was hosted in Singapore, a round table event for progressive Asian Governors was organized by ADB in collaboration with the Singapore-based private sector company Carbon Conservation. [click here for more information]


November issue of GMS-EOC Newsletter is out

As the days get shorter and we approach the end of 2009, the 7th edition of GMS-EOC's newsletter should have arrived in your inbox. In this issue, learn about the first findings of the BCI impact assessment that was carried out in Dong Sua Hao, Lao PDR, the latest initiatives on capacity development within the Working Group on Environment (WGE), and much more. Click the Newsletter Sixth Issue (PDF: 4.75MB | 10 pages) to open the newsletter as a PDF-file and Subscribe to EOC's Newsletter to receive the newsletter.


National Expert Team Builds Criterion Tree

On 28 October 2009, Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA) conducted a consultation workshop to develop a Spatial Multi Criteria Analysis (SMCA) criterion tree for rubber and sugar cane concessions Facilitated by EOC, a group of national experts from different ministries and agencies including WREA, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, National Land Management Authority (NLMA), Ministry of Information and Culture(MOIC), Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and Ministry of Industry and Mines (MEM) met. [click here for more information]


Seminar hosted in Bangkok on "Addressing Climate Change in Asia: Impacts on Food, Fuel and People"

Supported by the GMS-EOC, a seminar entitled "Addressing Climate Change in Asia: Impacts on Food, Fuel and People" was hosted on Wednesday 25th of September, at the ADB's Thailand Resident Mission. Designed to inform regional action to promote climate solutions, the seminar was a launch space for 3 studies, commissioned by the ADB, investigating how climate change would impact agriculture, energy security and migration in Asia. [click here for more information]


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