UPCOMING EVENT: Southeast Asia's challenges to sustainable and inclusive development [Online, 1 October 2021]
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Round table 3 - Mekong: how to ensure biodiversity preservation in the context of a river in permanent transformation?
14.00 BKK Time, Friday, 1 October 2021 via Livestorm
Carl Middleton from CSDS will be one of the speakers
Millions of people from Myanmar, China, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam depend on Mekong River water resources for agriculture and fisheries. However, the Mekong Basin and especially its biomass is impacted by many dam-building projects, overfishing, intensive aquaculture, pollution from growing cities, excessive groundwater extraction and sand mining. This environmental degradation is compounded by climate change, which makes the region even more fragile.
This session will attempt to discuss how biodiversity in the Mekong Basin can be protected, despite its constant evolution, notably through integrated management and community-based approaches.
Speakers :
Anoulak Kittikhoun, Chief Strategy and Partnership Officer, Mekong River Commission
Carl Middleton, Director at the Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalungkorn University (TH)
Jake Brunner, Head of IndoBurma Group, IUCN
To join this online conference, you can register on the organizer’s webpage here.
