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Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program: Strategic Framework and Action Plan 2018-2022

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The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) remains on a steady trajectory of economic growth and poverty reduction. This trend is expected to accelerate following the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community, and the implementation of the $64 billion GMS Regional Investment Framework 2022. The GMS countries’ economic success is anchored on the region’s rich natural resources. However, a steady depletion of natural stocks is resulting in the decline and degradation in ecosystem services and environmental quality, which threatens to undermine sustainable development. Green growth provides an opportunity for GMS countries to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals. In recognition of emerging environmental challenges and opportunities, the GMS Core Environment Program (CEP) was initiated in 2006. The program implementation was planned over three successive phases comprising a pilot period followed by scaling up interventions, and finally the consolidation of activities. The program is currently implementing Phase II, which will be completed in March 2018. Since its inception, CEP has strived to improve environmental quality and climate resilience across the subregion by creating an “environmentally friendly and climate resilient GMS Economic Cooperation Program.” The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the CEP executing agency while the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE) provides overall leadership and direction for the program. The GMS Environment Operations Center (EOC) in Bangkok, Thailand coordinates program implementation and provides secretariat support to the WGE.

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Disasters and emergency response
  • Environment and natural resources
  • Environment and natural resources policy and administration
  • Environmental and biodiversity protection
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
  • Viet Nam
Copyright Yes
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Version / Edition 2017
License CC-BY-3.0-IGO
Contact

GMS Environment Operations Center Asian Development Bank 23rd Floor – The Offices at Central World 999/9 Rama Road, Pathumwan Bangkok 10330 Thailand Tel +66 2 207 4444

Author (corporate) GMS Environment Operations Center
Publisher Asian Development Bank
Publication date 2017
Pagination 88
Keywords risk management,sustainability
Date uploaded April 3, 2018, 20:52 (UTC)
Date modified April 17, 2018, 10:44 (UTC)