Stories of People
around the Mekong
Stories that bring together research partners.
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SUMERNET announces grants for research and knowledge for 2019
SUMERNET 4 All announces a call for application for its small grants for 2019: Deadline 31st Dec.
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SUMERNET Vision Guide introducing the new phase "SUMERNET 4 All"
The new, revised "Vision Guide" for SUMERNET is now available. This vision guide presents an overview of SUMERNET - its origins and governance structure, background to the network, aims, key research areas, engagement with policy, and outreach products
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SUMERNET launches redesigned website to provide a fresh visual look and direction
SUMERNET is proud to announce the launch of our redesigned website to coincide with our new phase of work on addressing water insecurity in the Mekong Region.
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SUMERNET 4 All Call for Proposals on Joint Action
SUMERNET 4 All (S4A) provides financial support and technical assistance to consortia of researchers and boundary partners from the Mekong Region
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New SUMERNET book now out: Development and Climate Change in the Mekong Region
This volume brings together a new set of multi-country empirical case studies that contribute to the understanding the complexities of development and resource governance in the context of climate change in the Mekong Region.
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Short film on "Saving Chindwin's Biodiversity"
“Saving Chindwin’s Biodiversity” gives the perspectives of the people living in the basin who talk about their lives and livelihoods, the threats to the natural resources such as from mining, and their ongoing efforts to urgently protect the basin’s natur
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Chindwin Basin biodiversity faces serious threats, urgent conservation measures needed, say SEI’s scientists
SEI scientists say Myanmar’s rapid economic development threatens the Chindwin Basin’s flora and fauna and the local livelihoods dependent on these resources. Implementing a host of conservation measures can save these valuable natural resources.
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SUMERNET signs agreement with Sida for Mekong research cooperation
As part of its mission to enhance research and policy engagement for sustainable development in the Mekong Region, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) signed an agreement with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) on 19th Novem
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Book review: "Dead in the water: Global lessons from the World Bank's model hydropower project in Laos”
In July 2018, the massive dam break of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in Laos killed more than 30 people in Laos and left thousands of people homeless in both Laos and Cambodia. The US$1 billion Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam was a "build-operate-transfer" project much
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Opinion: How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekong
The collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of Attapeu Province, Lao PDR on July 23 is a major tragedy that took the lives of at least 34 Laotians, with at least 100 more still missing and thousands displaced. The question is: wa
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Policy briefings from SUMERNET Phase 3 now out
A booklet of policy briefings written by SUMERNET research partners from the research and policy engagement work is now out. The booklet provides policy recommendations for key sustainable development issues in the Mekong Region. It is a product of the co
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Climate change, young women and girls: Vulnerability, impacts and adaptation in Northern Thailand
This report seeks to address a major research gap by adopting an intersectionality approach to better understand the different climate risks, vulnerabilities, adaptation and resilience among people of different ages and different genders.
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