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Royal Decree on the Establishment of the Mekong River National Committee for Cambodia.

Country/Territory
Cambodia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1989
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Freshwater resources management Institution Transboundary effects
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) is the national institution for coordinating the management, preservation, conservation and development of water and other related resources in the Mekong River Basin. It is an inter-ministerial committee, operating under direct supervision of the Royal Government of Cambodia, responsible to ensure effective coordination among 17 member line ministries in implementing all related programmes and activities at regional and national levels under the framework of the Mekong River Commission (MRC). CNMC, with full cooperation of its member line agencies has been actively implementing the MRC IWRM-based Basin Development Strategy and related programmes: Basin Development Plan, Fisheries, Irrigated Agriculture, Sustainable Hydropower, Flood Management, Drought Management, Climate Change, Mekong Integrated Water Resource Management, Information and Knowledge Management, and Integrated Capacity Building

Full text
Khmer
Website
cnmc.gov.kh