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Paula Brown |
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Paula commenced PhD research on the
implementation of participatory
approaches to aquatic resource management in Vietnam in August 2005.
Paula
has over 6 years' experience implementing sustainable management
of aquatic
resources in both Australia and Vietnam. Her PhD research aims to
critically examine co-management approaches applied to coastal fisheries
and
aquaculture through documentation of influencing social, ecological
and
political factors operating in the coastal zone, and using ethnographic
approaches at the community level. This research is supported by
the ChATSEA (Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in South East
Asia) project and the field work in 2007 was also supported by an
Endeavour Fellowship from the Australian Government Department of
Education.
Languages: basic Vietnamese, French and Spanish
Email: paulagofish@yahoo.com.au; paulabrown@student.usyd.edu.au
; paula.claire.brown@gmail.com
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Phalla Chem |
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from the Institute of Technology in Phnom Penh and a Masters in
Hydrology and Water Resources from the University of South Australia.
Phalla has worked as a freelance consultant to various World Bank-funded
projects in Cambodia’s water sector, including the Rural Investment
and Local Governance Project under the Cambodian government’s
Seila Programme, and the Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project,
implemented through Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources
and Meteorology. Since 2007, Phalla has worked with the Cambodian
Development Resource Institute (CDRI) in the AusAID-funded Water
Resource Management Research Capacity Development Programme (WRMRCDP).
As part of this project, Phalla is undertaking a PhD at the University
of Sydney on “Integrated Catchment Management in the Context
of Irrigation Development: the Role of Hydrological Analysis in
Managing Conflict, Maximising Benefit-Sharing and Promoting Social
Equity”.
Languages: Khmer
Email: phallachem@yahoo.com
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Daravy Khiev |
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Daravy holds an undergraduate degree
in Environmental Management from Royal University of Phnom Penh,
Cambodia. Daravy has worked with the Cambodia Development Resource
Institute as a Research Assistant in the Natural Resources and Environment
unit since mid 2006. She has been working on the AusAID funded project
‘Water Resources Management Research Capacity Development
Programme’ and is now carrying out a Master of Science (Research)
at University of Sydney as part of this project. Her research topic
is Institutional arrangements for water governance in the context
of catchments in Cambodia.
Languages: Khmer
Email:dkhi8966@usyd.edu.au
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Olivia Dunn |
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Olivia Dun is a research associate
and joint PhD candidate with United Nations University Institute
for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany and
the University of Sydney, Australia. Her PhD research is about the
role of the environment in forcing people to migrate and the level
of protection, aid and assistance provided to such migrants. In
particular her PhD will focus on the links between flooding and
migration in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Since 2007 she has also
been working for the Environmental Change in Forced Migration Scenarios
(EACH-FOR) project and has experience conducting research in South-east
Asia and the Pacific Islands. Olivia has obtained a Master of Arts
(Forced Migration, Asylum and Refugees) degree from Charles Sturt
University, Australia and a Bachelor of Science (Environmental)
degree from the University of Sydney. From 2003 – 2007 she
spent four years working for the Australian Department of Immigration
and Multicultural Affairs particularly on refugee matters. Prior
to that, she spent two years in Lao PDR as an Australian Youth Ambassador
for Development working in the field of natural resource management
and was also a research assistant at the Australian Mekong Resource
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Nguyen Tuong Huy |
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Huy has been a lecturer at the Faculty
of Geography, Hanoi National University of Education in Vietnam
since 1996. His research interests cover the fields of rural development
and management. He completed his Master in political and economic
geography at Hanoi National University of Education in 1999 and
another Master in rural development management at Khon Kean University,
Thailand in 2002. Huy commenced his PhD research at the School of
Geosciences, the University of Sydney in 2007. His research aims
to explore the nature of poverty and to investigate poverty dynamics
in relation to livelihood diversification and transitions in coastal
fisheries communities in Vietnam. The study will seek to make a
better understanding of what poverty is and who the poor are; of
how coastal livelihoods have changed and how this process has affected
rural people’s well-being by identifying their opportunities
and constraints to obtain access to and control over new modes of
livelihoods.
Languages: Vietnamese (native tongue), Russian,
English, basic Thai
Email: huyhnue@yahoo.com
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Kevin Prakoonheang |
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Kevin (also known as Khamsone) has
had considerable experience in rural development project management
in Laos particularly with extension works, the training of rural
development workers and local administrators. Kevin has been involved
in the settlement of the Lao community in Sydney for many years.
In 2000 he set up the Australian Lao Institute for Cooperation and
Development in Laos (ALIFCAD), a non-profit organisation for the
promotion of diaspora and development links with Laos, his country
of origin. Currently Kevin is conducting PhD research on skilled
return migration and development in Laos.
Languages: Lao, Thai, French, elementary Vietnamese
Email: kpra4429@mail.usyd.edu.au |
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Lindsay Soutar |
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Lindsay commenced her
PhD research in early 2008. She will be carrying out a study of
water governance and agrarian change in Thailand and Cambodia. ln
her work with the Australian Mekong Resource Centre Lindsay has
carried out research on topics including Australian aid policy,
regional development policy, and teaching and learning methods for
environmental education. She has recently spent a year in Thailand
working with the Mekong Learning Initiative, a collaborative network
promoting innovative approaches to environmental education in the
Mekong Region. Lindsay completed a Bachelor of Economics (Social
Science) in Political Science and Geography at the University of
Sydney in Australia. Her Honours research in geography drew on her
undergraduate studies in both geography and political science in
addressing the relationship between the Asian Development Bank and
NGOs in the Mekong Region.
Languages: Intermediate Thai, basic Lao
Email: lindsay.soutar@geosci.usyd.edu.au |
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Rotha Ken Serey |
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Ken Serey Rotha has a
Masters degree and Graduate diploma with Merit in Environmental
Management and Development Studies, both from the Australian National
University. He also holds an Engineering degree with Excellence
in Water Supply and Irrigation from the Institute of Technology
of Cambodia. Rotha has worked for over 10 years with multi-lateral,
bilateral, international and national organisations. His areas of
expertise include multi-disciplinary and participatory approaches
to environmental planning, policy and sustainable development, biodiversity
conservation, resource management, participatory action research,
environmental education and people's responses and adaptation to
climate change. Rotha won the Australian Leadership Award Scholarship
and started his PhD studies at the School of Geosciences, University
of Sydney, in July 2008. His research investigates the role of social
capital in community based natural resource management in Cambodia.
Languages: Khmer and basic Russian
Email: sken8279@usyd.edu.au |
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Phallika Chea |
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Phallika Chea completed
her Bachelor’s degree specialising in environmental management
at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Cambodia. In 2005,
Phallika participated in a student exchange programme between China,
Thailand and Cambodia as part of the Mekong Learning Initiative
(MLI) and later worked as a research assistant for Conservation
International and the RUPP. Since 2006, Phallika has been involved
with the AusAID-funded Water Resource Management Research Capacity
Development Programme (WRMRCDP). Through this programme, she was
awarded a scholarship to undertake a Masters degree of Science (Research)
starting in early 2009 at the Department of Geosciences, University
of Sydney.
Languages: Khmer
Email: cheaphallika@yahoo.com |
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Surin Onprom |
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Surin has been a lecturer
at the Faculty of Forestry of Kasetsart University in Thailand since
2004. Prior to that, he worked at the Regional Community Forestry
Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) as a field based
research assistant and trainer as well as a community forest network
coordinator. Surin commenced his PhD at the School of Geosciences,
University of Sydney in July 2008. His research will critically
investigate collaborative management approaches to protected areas
in Thailand, building on his previous field and research experience
on common property management in northern Thailand.
Languages: Thai
Email: sonp6411@mail.usyd.edu.au |
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Sopheak Chann |
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Sopheak Chann obtained
a degree in Environmental Science at the Royal University of Phnom
Penh in 2006. He later worked as a research assistant at the same
university and with Conservation International. Sopheak is currently
doing a Master in Spatial Information Science at the School of Geosciences,
University of Sydney, under a scholarship awarded by AusAID’s
Water Resource Management Research Capacity Development Programme
(WRMRCDP). Sopheak is due to complete his master’s degree
in 2009, after which he will work with WRMRCD and teach at the Royal
University of Phnom Penh.
Languages: Khmer
Email: channsopheak2000@yahoo.com |
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