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Event
Date: 25 March 2013
25 to 29 March 2013
This 5-day training program aimed to provide planners and environmental assessment practitioners with the concepts, tools and approaches to systematically integrate environmental safeguards into the transport and energy sectors of the GMS Economic Cooperation Program.
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Event
Date: 12 March 2013
12 March 2013
Climate change and associated extreme weather events will have a significant impact on economic growth and human development in the GMS. Key sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, and tourism support economic growth and local livelihoods and are highly dependent on climate-sensitive natural resources including forests, water resources, biodiversity and other ecosystem services.
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Activity
Date: 01 June 2012
The North-South Economic Corridor (NSEC) – linking Kunming to Bangkok, Kunming to Hanoi, and Hanoi to Nanning – is one of the flagship investments under the GMS Economic Cooperation Program.
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Activity
Date: 01 June 2012
It is widely recognized that rural communities in the GMS are particularly vulnerable to climate change. As most are dependent on agricultural for their livelihoods, anticipated increases in drought, disease, sea-level rise and weather-related disasters will affect local people significantly.
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Activity
Date: 01 June 2012
In recent years, the border region around the Golden Quadrangle, involving PR China, Lao PDR, and Thailand, has received attention for potential tourism development. There is increased tourism development in the Xishuangbanna area and in Northern Lao PDR (both ecotourism and cultural tourism) and this area has been designated as a key development priority under the GMS Tourism Sector Strategy.
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Activity
Date: 30 May 2012
One of the flagship components of GMS Economic Cooperation Program is the establishment of economic corridors in the region. One of these is the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) traversing Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam.
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Activity
Date: 11 May 2012
This biodiversity conservation corridor is located in the Tenasserim Range in western Thailand, between the Western Forest Complex and the Kaeng Krachan Complex. To the west, the corridor borders forested areas in Myanmar.
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Publication
Date: 31 December 2011
A report documenting the achievements of the Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (BCI) from 2006-2011. It includes impacts and lessons learned, coverage of the eight pilot sites in Cambodia, PR China, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
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