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Southeast Asian Seminar Series - Semester 2, 2008

The Southeast Asian Seminar Series is a (usually) fortnightly discussion seminar series organised by the Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC) and the Department of Southeast Asian studies with speakers drawn from those bodies and the wider community. The objective of this forum is to bring together those with interests in Southeast Asian Region environmental, cultural and development issues.

Time: 1:00-2:00pm Wednesdays (unless dates suggest otherwise)

Where: Conference Room, Madsen Building, University of Sydney

Date Topic Presenter
6 August The Post-Opium Scenario and Rubber in Northern Laos: Alternative Western and Chinese Models of Development Paul Cohen, Macquarie University

20 August

The use of a mixed-methods approach in understanding the influence of World Heritage zoning on subsistence forest practices in Cambodia Nathan Wales, University of Sydney
29 August The Mekong Region Hydropower Explosion John Dore, AusAID/M-POWER
24 September Herding catfish in the Mekong: Governing Pangasius for sustainable rural livelihoods and environmental performance. 

Simon Bush, Wageningen University

8 October Land issues in Laos Philip Hirsch, University of Sydney
22 October IUCN livelihoods and landscapes Robert Fisher, University of Sydney

5 November

Inserting South Indian supply chains into geographies of globalisation of the ornamental cut flower industry
Jasmine Glover, University of Sydney

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