Acronyms and abbreviations

AFD Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) ANU Australian National University ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BAAC Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives BRI Belt and Road Initiative CCL Comité de coopération avec le Laos (Cooperation Committee with Laos) CDF Community Development Fund CMEC China-Myanmar Economic Corridor CNPC SEAP China National Petroleum Corp. Southeast Asia Pipeline Company Limited CP Charoen Pokphand CWHP Congress World Hmong People DGM Department of Geology and Mines EFEO École française d’Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East) EIA Environmental Impact Assessment survey FSPP Food Security Policy Project IRD Institut de recherche pour le développement (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited GDP Gross domestic product GISTDA Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency GRAM Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd. GRET Groupe de recherche et d’échange technologique (Group for Research and Technology Exchanges) IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change KOGAS Korea Gas Corporation MOLISA Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs MONRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MSL Mean Sea Level

NGOS Non-Governmental Organizations NLD National League for Democracy NUG National Unity Government OAE Office of Agricultural Economics OBOR One Belt One Road OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OXFAM Oxford Committee for Relief Famine PACFS National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards PAR Participatory Action Research PBM Phu Bia Mining PEO Population – Exposure – Outcome PES Payments for Ecosystem Services PSMS Problem Structuring Methods SAO Sub-district administrative organisation SEZ Special Economic Zone SLR Sea Level Rise UNPO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization VFV Vacant, Fallow, and Virgin Land WANASEA Strengthen the Production, Management and Outreach Capacities of Research in the Field of WAter and NAtural Resources in South-East Asia

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