Implementing Agency: Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI)
With a very rapid economic development taking place in Southeast Asia and in Asia Pacific, the use of chemicals with varying degrees of toxicity has increased will increase significantly in the future. While chemicals will play an important role in promoting development in industry, agriculture, and many other sectors of the economy, there can also be negative impacts on both human health and the environment.
Implementing Agency: Asian Institute of Technology
The demand of further development in the GMS countries will be far more increased progressively. In order to comply with the demand for rapid industrial and socio-economic development, it is inevitable to attain the improvement of infrastructures which requires the development of the technologies; civil engineering and its related fields. On the other hands, ill-considered development caused serious environmental problems such as deforestation and resulting landslides. In order to resolve those environmental problems and achieve sustainable development, it is necessary to develop technologies related to the comprehensive environment assessment with profound understanding between two contradictory issues; the development of natural resources and the protection of the environment
Implementing Agency: Asian Institute of Technology
The project, "Comprehensive capacity building for sustainable development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region", was implemented at AIT in December 2000 with financial support from Japan solidarity fund through AF. The proposed project will further promote the exchange of knowledge and information among universities and research and government institutions in the GMS countries and assist researchers in improving their capacity.
Implementing Agency: SEAMEO Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP)
The degradation of coastal water quality has become largely prevalent and complex, resulting from human activities in the coastal and upland areas. Once degraded, the water body requires a considerable amount of time and money to be cleared of pollutants and to restore partially, if not completely, the water qualities. In order to prevent the worsening and further degradation of the water condition, continual water quality monitoring is required. The major water quality parameters that have to be monitored include; a) Physical parameter such as suspended sediments/materials, b) Biological parameter e.g. phytoplankton, c) Chemical parameter e.g. yellow substances.
Implementing Agency: Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Conservation on the coastal environment is one of the most important issues in sustainable development management throughout the world. Agenda 21, MDG and the International Decade for Action (Water for Life) 2005-2015 addressed actions for improving water resource management with collaboration of related countries. To enhance establishing proper management of water resource in the region, it would be important to establish the well-organized network system on the conservation of coastal environment and to promote the activity of young scientists, administrators, technical experts. As the first step of the above objectives, the organizing committee intends to hold The ASEAN International Conference ?Conservation on the Coastal Environment? with cooperation of 10 ASEAN member countries at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand on November 2007.
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