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DESCRIPTION: A two-day course that will focus on the use of economic tools in analyzing threats to fishery resources.
DATES: 15-16 May 2014
VENUE: Phuket, Thailand

The Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, offer six full scholarships in a PhD programme in Global Change and Climate Economics with admission September 2014 (assuming the program will be financed).

RESEARCH AWARDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2014 competition.  Researchers from EEPSEA member countries (i.e., Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) are invited to submit their full proposals.

A regional policy dialogue on Priority Policies on Climate Change and Environmental Problems in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta was held on 26 September 2013 at Can Tho University, Vietnam. The dialogue was organized by the university’s School of Economics and Business with support from EEPSEA. Fifty-two participants attended the event composed of provincial-level policymakers from Can Tho, Soc Trang, An Giang, Vinh Long and Tra Vinh; EEPSEA researchers from Can Tho University, An Giang University, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, and Ha Noi National University; and staff of projects related to climate change and environment in the Mekong Delta such as the Mekong Development Research Institute.

Indonesia solicited EEPSEA’s support to learn from its neighboring countries about their experiences in policy implementation towards Green Economy. Speakers from Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were invited to present their experiences to 45 participants from various government agencies in Indonesia on October 21 2013 in Jakarta.