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Environmental Impact Assessments in Developing Countries: An Opportunity for Greater Environmental Security?
The first half of this Working Paper will give a background of the origins and development of environmental impact assessments. The second half of the paper will focus on...
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Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Cambodia
This is an introduction of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guiding principles made by a representative of Ministry of Environment, Cambodia. It is to inform the key...
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Making the Case: Effective Public Participation is Good for Business in the Mekong Region
This report attempts to fill this gap by sharing conversations with company representatives with business in one or more Mekong country (Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand...
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How land concessions affect places elsewhere: Teleconnections and large-scale plantations in Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia April 2015
Over the last decade or so considerable research has been conducted on the development and the impacts of large-scale land concessions for plantations in Laos and Cambodia....
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Laos country report on environmental management in the Lao PDR mining sector
The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is facing significant challenges in addressing environmental issues in the rapidly growing mining sector. This...
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Land use impacts by planting bananas of Chinese companies case study in Oudomxay
Land Use Impacts by Planting Bananas of Chinese Companies Case Study in Oudomxay
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Don Sahong Hydropower Project, Lao PDR environmental impact assessment 2013
The first step,for the Project will be to create non-fisheries related livelihood income systems to compensate for direct Project related impacts arising from the permanent loss...
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Environmental impact assessment guidelines
Guidelines from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to guide developers and their consultants in conducting and reporting on environmental impact...
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Expert workshop on illegal land conversion in the Mekong Region - Lao PDR
A workshop on illegal land conversion in Laos, its social and environmental impacts, driving factors, and future areas for improvement.
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Pesticide use in Xieng Khouang 2016
Acute effects of paraquat exposure are well known to farmers: – burning sensation on the skin, in the eyes, nose and throat – difficulty in breathing,...
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Environmental and Social Safeguards 2016
Law on Environmental Protection 2012; Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines 2012; Ministerial Instruction on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Process of the...
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Assessment and prospect of China-Laos development cooperation 2016
Assessment and prospect of China-Laos development cooperation 2016
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Environmental impacts of trade liberalization in the silk handicrafts sector of the Lao PDR
The key environmental concern related to this sector is wastewater. Wastewater discharge does not currently have a significant environmental impact due to the small size of the...
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Comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development
A training manual by Brian Hollingworth on comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...
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Assessment of the environmental and social impacts created by the VLRC industrial rubber plantation and proposed environmental and social plans
Vietnam General Rubber Corporation entered into an Authorisation and Licence Agreement with the Government of Lao PDR on the 18th of January 2005 for the...
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Industrial rubber plantation of the Viet-Lao rubber company, Bachiang District, Champasack Province
Assessment of the environmental and social impacts created by the VLRC industrial rubber plantation, and proposed environmental and social plans to mitigate negative impacts.
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Thailand Environmental Quality Management Plan 2017-2021
This is a powerpoint prepared by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) and delivered at the National Policy Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in...
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Thailand Board of Investment Guide On Environmental Regulations
This guide provides information about economic performance and environmental situation in Thailand. The natural environment is central to economic activity and growth, providing...
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Handbook for public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment
A guideline on the on EIA.
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National Footprint Accounts
This is a shareable data set, accessed from the Global Happy Planet Index under a creative commons license. It contains the data used to calculate this index. The 2017 version...