Watershed Management
Joint Statement of LMI Second Regional Working Group Meeting
Lower Mekong Initiative
Second Regional Working Group Meeting
Vientiane, Lao PDR
November 7-8, 2011
Joint Statement
- Connectivity
- Education
- Environment and Water
- Health
- Climate Resilience
- Cookstoves
- ECO-Asia Water and Governance
- Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Preparedness
- Forecast Mekong
- Mekong Climate Change Adaptation
- Rapid Economic Sensitivity Analysis of MRC’s Basin Development Plan
- River Basin-wide Hydropower Sustainable Assessment Tool
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Enterprise Development
- Watershed Management
Regional Climate Change Assessment Program
http://deltas.usgs.gov/fm/data.aspx
(Click on the link above for spatial data on climate change in the region.)
Mekong-Mississippi Sister Rivers Inaugural Exchange -- article from The Telegraph.com
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/asian-54924-center-delegates.html
Asian delegates visit research center:
Group working to develop river policy
June 06, 2011 7:59 PM
Mekong-Mississppi Sister Rivers Partnership
Washington — When the Mississippi River Commission and the Mekong River Commission signed a partnership agreement in May 2010, they focused on sustainable development along their two river basins and on disaster preparation. Though the regional context vary significantly, many of the challenges they face-improving water quality, assessing the impact of watershed infrastructure, maintaining a healthy ecological balance- are the same.
Mekong Basin cooperation follows ASEAN meeting
Vientiane, Lao PDR July 30, 2009
- Connectivity
- Education
- Environment and Water
- Health
- Partners
- Climate Resilience
- Cookstoves
- IVLP Program
- ECO-Asia Water and Governance
- Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Preparedness
- Forecast Mekong
- Mekong Climate Change Adaptation
- Rapid Economic Sensitivity Analysis of MRC’s Basin Development Plan
- River Basin-wide Hydropower Sustainable Assessment Tool
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Enterprise Development
- Watershed Management
U.S. Collaboration with the Lower Mekong Countries on the Environment, Health and Education
On July 22, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam met in Hanoi, Vietnam within the framework of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), to highlight the growing cooperation between the United States and the Lower Mekong countries in key areas of common concern.
- Education
- Environment and Water
- Health
- Climate Resilience
- Cookstoves
- IVLP Program
- ECO-Asia Water and Governance
- Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Preparedness
- Forecast Mekong
- Mekong Climate Change Adaptation
- Rapid Economic Sensitivity Analysis of MRC’s Basin Development Plan
- River Basin-wide Hydropower Sustainable Assessment Tool
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Enterprise Development
- Watershed Management
The U.S. and the Lower Mekong: Building Capacity to Manage Natural Resources
The Lower Mekong Initiative