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15 May 2014 - EEPSEA offered a course on the Economics of Fishery and Marine Resource Management last 15-16 May, 2014 in Phuket Thailand. Nineteen participants from seven countries (Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) attended the course. Among them are researchers who work in Tonle Sap, Cambodia; Mekong River, Vietnam;…

12 May 2014 - PHUKET, Thailand—The EEPSEA annual conference was held last 12-14 May, 2014 in Phuket, Thailand. Opening remarks, delivered by EEPSEA Director Dr. Herminia A. Francisco, welcomed 77 participants from 12 countries (Cambodia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam). Of these, 23 were researchers…

11 May 2014 - As part of EEPSEA’s two-pronged mandate to build capacity in environmental economics research and, at the same time, increase the influence of such research in natural resource management policymaking, a one-day news writing workshop was held on May 11, 2014 in Phuket, Thailand. It was attended by EEPSEA researchers…

Deadline: 1 April 2014 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).

17 March 2014 - EEPSEA provides research grants to carry out primary studies to generate environmental values and/or evaluate institutional and policy options for improved environment and natural resources management. There are situations, however, wherein policymakers will ask researchers to generate environmental values in a short period of time—based on information provided by…

08 March 2014 - EEPSEA studies provide a wealth of knowledge and information that should be considered in environmental and natural resource management decision-making in the region. Hence, on 8-10 March 2014, EEPSEA invited 15 researchers from 7 countries (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) to a writeshop to generate teaching…

27 February 2014 - The Conference on the Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia was held on 27-28 February 2014 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. EEPSEA organized the event in collaboration with the East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAAERE). It served as a venue for those doing research on the…

22 October 2013 - The 2014 EAAERE Busan Congress Official website (http://www.eaaere-korea.org) is finally up and running. You can submit your abstract and register for the congress at the website. Hotel info is also up so that you can directly make a reservation. More information about venue and other tourist info will be posted…

21 October 2013 - 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.

20 October 2013 - A ten-day course on Valuation and Risk Cost-Benefit Analysis was conducted last 20-30 October 2013 in Penang, Malaysia to provide participants with in-depth knowledge and technical skills on these economic methods. Twenty-six economists from various universities and government agencies in Southeast Asia and China were chosen to attend based…