Stories of People
around the Mekong
Stories that bring together research partners.
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Communicating for Influence: Policy and Media Writeshop to be held 24-25 August 2016
Communicating for Influence: Policy and Media Writeshop during 24-25 August 2016 will bring together SUMERNET and other researchers, policymakers and media to help researchers improve their writing and outreach skills to have influence and impact outside
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In the Mekong Region, climate change poses real threat to food security
Climate change is resulting in severe negative impacts on many food-producing areas of the Mekong Region, posing risks of food insecurity. Starting on 8 August, SEI and the UNEP 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) Sustainable Food Systems Programme a
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Challenges in developing national REDD+ strategies: Cambodia case study
The SUMERNET research team working on REDD+ found that technical inputs needed for strategy development are lacking.
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Studying wetland ecosystems in Cambodia and Vietnam
The research team studying wetlands in Vietnam and Cambodia provide a glimpse of their research methods and their project activities through blogs and short videos.
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How rubber plantations are affecting local livelihoods in Myanmar: One woman’s story
As private rubber plantations expand under the supervision of armed groups in northeastern Myanmar, village people lose their lands and are forced to migrate elsewhere to work. One woman narrates her story of how the private sector’s expansion of rubber p
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Chindwin Futures work highlighted during World Water Day events in Myanmar in Naypitaw, March 2016
SEI Asia’s work in the Chindwin River Basin was highlighted during events to commemorate World Water Day held by the Union Government of Myanmar in March 2016.
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Chindwin Perspectives
Chindwin Perspectives, a short film, provides views on environmental issues of the people living in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar. The video is produced by the Chindwin Futures programme of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre, Bang
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Stories of change from the Mekong Region: Photo exhibit at SUMERNET 10th Anniversary Meeting
Stories of change from the Mekong Region: Photos exhibit and the project partners at SUMERNET 10th Anniversary meeting, Bangkok, 26 January 2016.
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Stories of change from the Mekong at SUMERNET tenth anniversary event in Bangkok
Inspiring stories of change from the Mekong Region will be highlighted at the tenth anniversary celebrations of the Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) in Bangkok.
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Drought in the Mekong Region to be discussed by prominent experts in the upcoming SUMERNET Annual Meeting, 26-28 January 2016
The Mekong Region went through an unusually long and intense dry spell in 2015 attributed partly to the El Niño effect. Prominent water experts and policy advisors will explore the urgent issue of drought in the Mekong Region in the upcoming SUMERNET Annu
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SUMERNET tenth anniversary to be highlighted at Annual Conference in January 2016
The SUMERNET Annual Meeting in January 2016 will be special, with the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of SUMERNET (2005 – 2015). The Annual Meeting 2016 will take the special theme of “A Decade of SUMERNET: Realising the vision of sustainable developm
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Two short films on the water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong
In Asia and globally, the water-energy-food nexus has received growing attention from policy makers, researchers, and practitioners. Whilst the nexus as a concept seems to be gaining momentum among experts, it is also subject to scrutiny. These two short
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