NAY PYI TAW, MYANMAR (25 March 2014) – Member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion face losing recent development gains unless they invest more to secure natural resource stocks, senior officials from the six countries heard at a meeting in Myanmar today.
Critical habitat for the Cao Vit gibbon and lands bordering Lao PDR and Viet Nam will see boosted environmental protection efforts. Photo: ADB.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 March 2014) – The People’s Republic of China will expand biodiversity corridors to link 10 nature reserves in the southwestern corner of the country – including critical habitat for the Cao Vit gibbon, one of the rarest apes in the world – following workshops conducted as part of the Greater Mekong Subregion’s Core Environment Program.
ADB President Takehiko Nakao talking to villagers in Mahuangqing Village in Wuding County, Yunnan Province. First on the right is a woman believed to be over 100 years old from the Miao minority group. Photo: ADB.
KUNMING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (22 March 2014) – Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao met with Yunnan Governor Li Jiheng and discussed the province's development challenges and potential during a three-day visit to the People’s Republic of China.
On 31 January 2014, the Asian Development Bank's Board of Directors agreed to bring the GMS: Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project into full compliance with its safeguard policies following a report by ADB’s Compliance Review Panel.
This paper summarizes the proceedings of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordinating Committee in Kunming, People's Republic of China, on 18-19 June 2013.
The Regional Investment Framework Implementation Plan, 2014-2018 identified a pipeline of 93 high-priority projects from among the more than 200 projects included in the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Investment Framework, 2013-2022.
Biodiversity corridors have been introduced in threatened tropical areas of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, with ADB support. The program is ensuring the survival of rare plant and animal species, while eco-farming practices provide local communities with sustainable livelihoods.
The report discusses the status of priority projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion as of 30 June 2016. It also contains the Revised Regional Investment Framework Implementation Plan 2020.
This is the summary of proceedings from the 20th meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee on 27–28 June 2016 in Phu Quoc Island, Viet Nam.
The railway has helped make Lijiang the second-largest tourism center in Yunnan Province. Photo: ADB.
In the spectacular landscape of Yunnan Province in the People’s Republic of China, a railway is proving that ancient cultures, tourism, and economic progress can coexist.
Greater Mekong Subregion Secretariat
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Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
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