Foreword and Conference Inauguration - GMS-EOC

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International Conference on GMS 2020:
Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability,
Focusing on Food-Water-Energy Nexus
20-21 February 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
ISBN No: 978-616-90685-5-6
Copyright © 2012 Asian Development Bank
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the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they
represent.
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the maps has a high degree of generalization owing to the
small scale of data sets used for map compilation.
Cover Photos: Steven Griffiths and Jiao Xi
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Acknowledgements
The GMS Environment Operations Center and ADB
would like to thank development partners, governments of
Finland and Sweden, and the People’s Republic of China’s
Poverty Reduction Fund for their generous contributions
to the Core Environment Program and Biodiversity
Conservation Corridors Initiative (ADB TA 6289).