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Proceedings of the Southeast Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context ...

Press release on the outcome of the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People’s Republic of China

Summary on report on global wildlife trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

SDG Indicator: 15.1.1 - Forest area as a proportion of total land area from UN Stats.

World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. Agriculture corresponds to ISI divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cu...

This paper begins with a review of the cultural and political background of selected Asian countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Lao PDR, Ma...

Summary of National SDG Implementation Strategies of 19 countries within Asia.

Emerging countries in Southeast Asia are facing considerable challenges in addressing rising motorisation and its negative impact on air quality, traffic, energy security, livea...

The establishment of the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network, and the preparation of this document were fundamentally linked. This Guideline is the product of several research init...

This report presents the highlights of the 2014 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations of 233 countries...

An analysis paper on how the World Bank's International Finance Corporation has invested significantly in coal globally despite a stated ban on such activities. Written by Dusti...

A comparative study of land rights systems in Southeast Asia and the potential of national and international legal frameworks and guidelines.

The Associaton of Southeast Asian Nations' master plan for increasing connectivity in the region published in 2010, developed with impetus from the 15th ASEAN Summit in Cha-am H...

The Delta at Risk study is a global, systematic assessment of how delta risk is increasing due to sea-level rise and human drivers of delta land subsidence. Risk is expected to ...

The April 2015 edition of Against the Grain -- a report by Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) on laws and mechanisms in Asia that result in land transfer from indepe...

Scores for the Asia Pacific region in the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index, 2015. Collated for a visualization on the OD Mekong Law and judiciary page (https://opendeve...

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries’ performance on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health and protection of ecosystem...

A presentation on transboundary impact assessments (TIAs) in the Mekong River and other international watercourses. The presenter outlines research by the Environmental Law Inst...

A presentation discussing the potential for a regional agreement on transboundary environmental impact assessments (TEIA) in Asia. The presenter introduces regional and sub-regi...

Proceedings of the 12th Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management, held 16-18 June 2015 in Bhutan. This document provides background on the RCC, disaster risk reduc...