Countries in this category:

Afghanistan	Australia	Bangladesh	Cambodia	China	Fiji	India	Indonesia	Iran	Japan
Kazakhstan	Kyrgystan	Lao People's Dem. Rep.	Malaysia	Mongolia	Myanmar	Nepal	New Zealand	Pakistan	Papua New Guinea
Philippines	Republic of Korea	Soloman Islands	Sri Lanka	Tajikistan	Thailand	Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan	Vietnam

Most of the major wetlands of mainland Southeast Asia are situated in the lower basins and deltas of the major rivers of the Irrawaddy, the Chao Phraya, the Mekong and the Red River. The most extensive wetlands of Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines are typically coastal mangrove swamps with their associated mudflats, and often freshwater and peat swamp forests which occur to the landward of the mangrove forest. Vast areas of mangrove forest and swamp forest are found in the remoter areas of Sumatra and Borneo, although they are now under great pressure from logging.

 

News & Announcements more.. 26-Oct-2005 New protected areas for Papua New Guinea The government of Papua New Guinea announced today that it will gazette 12 new protected ... 20-Aug-2005 Region's marine fish stocks fast depleting The region's breeding marine fish stocks are fast depleting to 5 to 35 per cent in vast ... 07-Sep-2004 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Launches First Report on State of Environment in Democratic People's Republic of Korea The first assessment of the state of the environment of the Democratic People's Republic of ... 29-Jun-2004 Funding to Preserve Biodiversity 'Hot Spots' The Federal Government (of Australia) has announced a $10 million program aimed at helping ... 27-Apr-2004 Water development for a better future Efforts to formulate a water resources management plan aimed at enhanced agricultural ...

Documents more.. 01-Feb-2002 Optimising the Use of Wetland Benefits in River Basin Management: A Case Study from the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia 15-Jan-2002 Lake Eyre Basin Strategic Plan World's Largest Internal Drainage System 30-Jun-2001 Fish and Fisheries of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea: Population Changes Associated with Natural and Anthropogenic Factors and Lessons to be Learned Full case study paper/ report on fish and fisheries of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea: ...

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