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Evaluation of Pilot Program on Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Vietnam and Policy Implication for Laos and Cambodia
This research project is to evaluate the performance and impacts of the pilot program for payment of forest environmental services, which has been implemented in Lam Dong province of Viet Nam since 2008 and to evaluate potentials to adopt in Laos and Cambodia.

Vulnerability assessment of livelihoods in Lower Mekong Basin: Adaptation options for enhancing capacity of people living in the most vulnerable flood-prone areas in Cambodia and Vietnam
Millions of people living in the Lower Mekong Basin, especially people living in the flood-prone areas between Cambodia and Vietnam, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to flood...

Making economic integration work for the rural poor through contract farming practices
With globalization, regional integration and greater foreign investment, the Mekong countries have experienced rapid economic growth in the last few decades. This growth has created both opportunities and challenges for farmers, the majority of whom remain small land holders.

Impact of Urban Expansion on Rural Hinterland and Local Responses in the Mekong Region: A Study in Khon Kaen, Thailand, and Vang Vieng, Lao PDR
This research project is to study the perceived impact of urbanization in two urban centers, one in Thailand and the other in Lao PDR. The project also aims to study the responses of local communities and households to the urbanization process and...

Research on Integrating Community-based Participatory Carbon Measurement and Monitoring with Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS in a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System for REDD+
The goal of this project is to research, develop and test methods to integrate community-based participatory carbon measurement and...

Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the deltas of the Mekong Region
The potential impacts of climate change on low-lying delta areas in the Mekong Region are high. Floods, drought, storms and threats to water supplies represent a significant set of risk management challenges.

Trans-boundary Fish Trade in the Lower Mekong Basin: Impacts on Fisheries and Rural Employment in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand
This research project will analyze changes in the transboundary trade in fish between Stung Treng, Champassak and Ubon Ratchathani. By following the fish market chain, this study will seek to understand changes in catch figures....

Sustainable urban tourism through low carbon initiatives: Experiences from Hue and Chiang Mai
Together with the city and tourism authorities of Hue (Vietnam) and Chiang Mai (Thailand), researchers from the Asian Institute of Technology will deploy a carbon accounting tool developed by the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the urban tourism sector in these cities.

Participatory Social Return on Investment (PSROI): Greater Mekong Basin Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Costing Project
Development progress in the Mekong region, especially advancing rural livelihoods and assuring national food security, will be threatened and perhaps even reversed if climate change adaptation is not appropriately addressed.

Climate change implications to food security and livelihood of small scale farmers
The inevitability of climate change is a major policy concern due to its expected impact on food security and the livelihood of small-scale farmers who depend on agriculture. It is threatening food production systems, food availability and accessibility.

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