Asia, Pacific Islands, and the Arctic

Traditional boats floating along the waters of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

DOI-ITAP technical assistance, at both regional and national levels, helps to strengthen:

  • Terrestrial and marine protected areas management,
  • Counter wildlife trafficking
  • Marine and coastal resource protection,
  • Climate adaptation,
  • Sustainable use of freshwater and marine fisheries,
  • Sustainable development of hydropower,
  • Community and local government engagement,
  • Sustainable ecotourism,
  • Management of endangered species.

ASIA, PACIFIC ISLANDS, AND ARCTIC PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Improving Safeguards for Infrastructure in Southeast Asia (Regional)

DOI-ITAP's Smart Infrastructure for the Mekong project assisted the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam in reducing the negative impacts of hydropower dams, irrigation systems, and other infrastructure development on downstream communities. 

This project strengthened environmental safeguards on hydropower, protected fisheries and wildlife, assessed the effects of development on riparian ecology, improved technical capacity of policymakers, and advanced environmental law and policy.  

This project was funded by USAID Regional Development Mission Asia and the Department of State’s Lower Mekong Initiative.

Protecting Asian Wetlands and Migratory Bird Corridors (Regional)

DOI-ITAP is supporting the Regional Flyway Initiative – an ambitious effort to conserve 50+ wetlands across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway – a migratory bird corridor stretching from the Arctic Circle to New Zealand. 

At the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Initiative 11th Meeting of Partners, DOI-ITAP technical experts presented strategies to better protect wetlands and migratory bird habitats along the Flyway.  

In June 2023, DOI-ITAP co-hosted a technical training workshop in the Philippines in partnership with BirdLife International, the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and the Asian Development Bank on conservation of critical migratory bird habitat and ecosystem services/wetland restoration. 

This project is funded in partnership with USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia.

Protecting Asian Wetlands and Migratory Bird Corridors (Regional)

DOI-ITAP is supporting the Regional Flyway Initiative – an ambitious effort to conserve 50+ wetlands across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway – a migratory bird corridor stretching from the Arctic Circle to New Zealand. 

At the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Initiative 11th Meeting of Partners, DOI-ITAP technical experts presented strategies to better protect wetlands and migratory bird habitats along the Flyway.  

In June 2023, DOI-ITAP co-hosted a technical training workshop in the Philippines in partnership with BirdLife International, the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and the Asian Development Bank on conservation of critical migratory bird habitat and ecosystem services/wetland restoration. 

This project is funded in partnership with USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia.

 

Supporting Future Southeast Asian Scientists (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam)

DOI-ITAP manages the NexGen Young Scientists Program, promoting transboundary cooperation and interdisciplinary approaches to the natural resource management challenges faced by the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB).   

The program targets early-career scientists from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam and provides three main avenues of support:  

  1. Short-term fellowships with U.S.- or Mekong-based research institutions 
  2. Funded professional development programming at LMB regional events and trainings 
  3. Global networking opportunities at international conferences and meetings 

This project is funded by the Department of State - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES). 

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