Access to TSBR-ED News and Eventshttp://www.tsbr-ed.org/The Workshop on Presentation and Review of the Work of FAO TSEMP Component 2 (Organizing Communities for Natural Resource Management) was held in Monoreach Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap province on 14 February 2008. The agenda of the workshop is attached in Appendix 1. Mr. Eng Cheasan, _____, We started in 2005 and now almost finishing in one month. I would like to welcome all the participants in this workshop and open this workshop.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=73The Workshop on Presentation and Review of the Work of FAO TSEMP Component 2 (Organizing Communities for Natural Resource Management) was held in Monoreach Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap province on 14 February 2008. The agenda of the workshop is attached in Appendix 1. Mr. Eng Cheasan, We started in 2005 and now almost finishing in one month. I would like to welcome all the participants in this workshop and open this workshop.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=74The Asian Development Bank will manage a $500,000 technical assistance grant (funded by the People's Republic of China to help countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion develop results-based monitoring and evaluation systems used in assessing efforts to reduce poverty. Source : ADB News(13 November 2007)http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=71MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) five-year strategy to help reduce poverty in Cambodia remains relevant but needs improvements to enhance its effectiveness, according to a midterm program review. “Persistent high levels of rural poverty have implications for the program’s strategic thrust,” said Arjun Goswami, country director of ADB’s Cambodia Resident Mission. Source : ADB News(1 October 2007)http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=72Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve Environmental Information Database and Asian Development Bank launched the knowledge repository web portal www.tsbr-ed.org at ADB Office. The event was taken place in 1 November 2007 with the participations of various organizations including representatives from donor agencies, international NGOs, local NGOs, and academic institutions.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=70Minister of Environment: Cambodia is suffering from climate changehttp://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=69A two-days training workshop was organized by Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve Environmental Database (TSBRED) on basic GIS applications. This workshop attended by around 25 Agency Focal Points (AFPs) from twelve concerned government ministries and five provinces from the Tonle Sap region who have signed the MOU on data sharing.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=64Some 30,000 baby fish were recently freed in the Preah Kom Peng Lake at the Cardamom Mountain range in Pursat province, official news agency AKP reported on Tuesday.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=59Phnom Penh municipality recently issued an urgent warning for inhabitants in Phnom Penh geographical location along Tonle Sap and Tumnob Sanda Steung to take attention as flooding and rainy season with climate changing is coming up.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=57A major electricity shortage in northwest Cambodia, including around the tourism hub of Siem Reap, is being fixed with the help of an $8 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to build power lines that will import electricity from neighboring Thailand.http://www.tsbr-ed.org/english/events/events.asp?evtid=56