23 to 26 March 2014
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
The GMS Working Groups on Agriculture and Environment (WGE, WGA) held a joint knowledge event and their respective annual meetings in Nay Pyi Taw on 25 and 26 March.
On 25 March, over 100 participants, including energy sector officials, attended the WGE-WGA knowledge event “Managing Natural Capital to Secure Food, Energy and Water Security."
On 26 March, the two Working groups hold their respective annual meetings, the WGA 11th Annual Meeting, and the WGE 20th Annual Meeting.
Preceding the above events, on 24 March, senior environment officials and EOC representatives held the 1st Task Force Meeting to plan for the 4th GMS Environment Ministers Meeting, which is scheduled for February 2015 in Myanmar.
Visit the event pages to find out more. Event materials, including presentations,are available for download.
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Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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Theme: Investing in Natural Capital: Public Private Cooperation for Future Prosperity in the Greater Mekong Subregion
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The Fourth GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting emphasized the need to strengthen collaboration between governments, development partners, business sector, and civil society in order to find ways to maintain and enhance the region’s natural capital stocks. A key step was the need to strengthen collaboration and coordination between businesses, government, and/or civil society in ways that are demonstrably good for business, local livelihoods and for the protection and enhancement of the subregion’s natural capital. In this context the Natural Capital Business Forum engaged the businesses in their capacity as a beneficiary of public sector investments as well as the investors in economic activities associated with natural capital.
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