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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

The AMRC was commissioned to carry out background research into existing research and data sources relating to ecosystem change in the Mekong Region. The study was part of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment program, which is sponsored by Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Foundation and the World Bank. The program also receives support from the Rockefeller Foundation, UNDP and UNEP. WRI is one of the key collaborators. The background research, and preparation of an inventory of key organisations involved in ecosystem research in the Mekong, was reviewed by the program as part of the process of selecting 10 pilot assessments to commence in early 2001. For details see: http://www.ma-secretariat.org/en/index.htm

Helen Gunning-Stevenson visited key institutions in Phnom Penh and Vientiane to identify research/assessment activities and to record data sources. Sunil Pednekar collated information in Bangkok. Andrew Wyatt carried out research in Hanoi and Philip Hirsch interviewed key researchers in Chiang Mai and in Yunnan, China. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report and accompanying database are available through the AMRC.

Duration: September-November 2000

Funding bodies: Millennium Assessment Project

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