Organisation:
SUMERNET

Organisation:
SUMERNET

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Sumernet (the Sustainable Mekong Research Network) is a programme intended to build a long-term research network that informs and influences policy development on sustainable development issues in the Mekong region. Launched in 2005 with support from the Swedish government, Sumernet grew to include 14 member institutes in the first phase and has successfully catalyzed research on a number of critical development challenges in the Mekong region.

The Goal of Sumernet is to achieve sustainable development in the Mekong region catalyzed by strengthening knowledge-based policy processes. Phase 2 will continue to contribute to this long-term goal of the region in its new phase of 3 years (2010-2012).

Most recent content from this organisation

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11th August 2014
Policy Brief : Community-based Measurement, Reporting and Verification System for REDD+ This paper, Integrating Community - Based Participatory Carbon Measurement and Monitoring with Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS in a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System for REDD+, looks at building community involvement and capacity, and presents key policy recommendations.
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11th August 2014
Report : Improving Adaptive Capacity of Small-Scale Rice Farmers: Comparative Analysis of Lao PDR and the Philippines This paper, Improving Adaptive Capacity of Small-Scale Rice Farmers: Comparative Analysis of Lao Pdr and the Philippines, provides a comparative analysis of the adaptive capacity and current adaptation strategies of small-scale rice farm households in Lao PDR and the Philippines.
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11th August 2014
Policy Brief : Climate risk reduction and adaptation in Lao PDR This policy brief, Compelling reason for local action: climate risk reduction and adaptation in Lao PDR, assesses climate risks for small-scale farmers in Lao PDR, their vulnerability, response strategies and adaptive capacity.
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11th August 2014
Policy Brief : Reducing Climate Risks for Rice Farmers in the Philippines This short policy brief, Local Power to Act: Reducing Climate Risks for Rice Farmers (Philippines), looks at what climate change means for Pangasinan and Tarlac, current farming practices, current response strategies and constraints and makes policy recommendations.
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11th August 2014
Report : Garden houses for green tourism in Hue City, Vietnam This study, Garden houses for green tourism in Hue City, Vietnam, focuses on the income generation from garden houses and the potential for promoting garden houses as a part of green tourism, along with an analysis of the different (future) occupations men and women can be involved in this initiative.
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11th August 2014
POLICY BRIEF: The employment assessment in Chiang Mai, Thailand This paper, The employment assessment in Chiang Mai, Thailand, assesses employment opportunities for local people through the implementation of a non-motorised transport scheme.
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8th August 2014
Report : An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism related activities in Chiang Mai municipality, Thailand This study, An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism related activities in Chiang Mai municipality, Thailand, looks the varying energy usage by the tourism sector in Chiang Mai.
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8th August 2014
Report : An Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tourism related activities in Hue city, Vietnam This report, An Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tourism related activities in Hue city, Vietnam, is made to briefly introduce some general information of Hue City and to provide an inventory of GHG emissions of Hue’s tourism related activities in 2011.
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8th August 2014
Policy Brief : Preservation of garden houses for sustainable urban tourism – Hue City This publication, Preservation of garden houses for sustainable urban tourism – Hue City, presents the proposed policy brief and policy statement for Hue city, Vietnam, for the promotion of garden houses for the sustainable urban green tourism.
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8th August 2014
Policy Brief : Non-Motorised Transport in Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) This short policy brief, Non-Motorised Transport in Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS), looks at the problem of motorised transport in Asian cities, the policy landscape for NMT and lays out NMT improvement strategies, as well as policy development and implementation schemes.
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17th February 2013
Harnessing ‘pedal power’ to promote sustainable urban tourism in Chiang Mai The challenge for many countries is how to foster tourism while avoiding negative environmental effects, including increased GHG emissions. A new policy brief examines the potential for non-motorised transport in Chiang Mai, one of Thailand’s tourism ‘hotspots’.
Feature
19th December 2012
Researchers seek shortcut to communicating for influence At a recent workshop in Bangkok, organized by CDKN partner SUMERNET, its researchers had the opportunity to engage with two key groups of stakeholders: policy makers and journalists. They gained useful insights into how to make their research more useful and accessible to policy makers and the public. SUMERNET researchers share their experience of the workshop in a blog.