The Greater Mekong is blessed with natural riches – from forests full of life to fertile floodplains and the world’s most valuable freshwater fishery.
Mekong countries remain relatively well-endowed in natural capital, but signs of pressure and stress on the region’s natural capital are becoming more apparent alongside rapid rates of growth and market development.
WWF’s Carbon and Biodiversity (CarBi) project is tackling the drivers of forest loss in the Central Annamite Mountains located within both Laos and Vietnam, one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots.
A new report focusing on a recent public-private dialogue in the Greater Mekong Subregion, (GMS) "New Opportunities for Natural Wealth Management", has just been released.
This case study reflects on a WWF Green Economy Modelling report conducted in 2013 ‘Green Economy Modelling of Ecosystem Services in the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape (DTL) along the ‘Road to Dawei’, which looked specifically at the sustainable transport infrastructure options within this landscape
This report focuses on the results of a public-private dialogue in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).