Greater Mekong Subregion Environmental Performance Assessment 2006–2016

Download or read book Greater Mekong Subregion Environmental Performance Assessment 2006–2016 written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the findings of an environmental performance assessment that covered the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) during 2006–2016. The GMS Environment Operations Center conducted the assessment, using the driver–pressure–state–impact–response model to examine the consequences of rapid economic development in the subregion, identify the major natural resource and environmental issues, and determine the effectiveness of responses by the GMS member countries. During the assessment period, the GMS Core Environment Program supported country efforts to address the subregion's natural resources and environmental management challenges with its goal of creating an "environmentally friendly and climate-resilient GMS Economic Cooperation Program."