EVENT RESOURCES: "Toward’s Thailand’s Green Transformation: Research on Emerging Challenges and Opportunities"

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This was a public seminar co- organized by the Center for Social Development Studies, Climate Finance Network Thailand, Local Alike, Sustainable Agriculture Foundation Thailand, Sustainable Development Foundation and Towards Asia.

Our presenters are:

  • “Walking Alongside Communities: Supporting Community-led Adaptation Resilience beyond Climate Change in Northern Thailand‘s Highlands” by Shao Meng (JFMFP). Download the full presentation here.

  • “From Trust to Recognition: Strengthening a Participatory and Community-grounded Seed System in Thailand” by Zhou Yuting (JFMFP). Download the full presentation here.

  • “Can Chinese EV Investment contribute to Thailand’s Green Transformation?” by Yuan Ye (JFMFP). Download the full presentation here.

  • “Connecting Thailand’s Community-based Tourism to Chinese Travelers: Local Voices, Emerging Trends, and Collaboration” by Xueying Mai (JFMFP). Download the full presentation here.

  • “Camera, Community, and the Act of Claiming: Visual Participation and Everyday Struggles for the Right to Stay in Coastal Thailand” by Jiao Xiaofang (JFMFP). Download the full presentation here.


    Please see the full agenda here.

    Please visit here for more information about the project.

    The recorded videos can be found below.

PUBLIC SEMINAR: "Water Scarcity and Disaster Recovery in Hakha Town, Chin State, Myanmar: Technical Problem or Governance Challenge?"

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In recent years, the population of Hakha town, Chin State has faced growing water insecurity. This has created great hardships for the local population, especially in the dry season. For those who cannot access water from private springs, or afford to buy water, they must queue sometimes for hours to collect relatively small amounts of water. Compounding the difficulties faced by Hakha’s population, in June 2015, Hakha town suffered a major landslide. As a result, over 4000 people living in at-risk places were moved, many permanently to a new settlement. In the settlement, the government has provided land or houses, yet basic services including water and schools were lagging behind.

Two presentations reflected on the production of water insecurity, and increasing resilience to landslide risks:

  • “Water insecurity in Hakha Town, Chin State, Myanmar” by Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton (Director of CSDS) and Orapan Pratomlek (CSDS project coordinator) [Download PPT]
  • “Lessons learned from landslide disaster recovery in Hakha town, and how to strengthen resilience” by Hlawn Tin Cuai (Master Student of Architecture (IMARCH), Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University; and ex- Operation Manager of Hakha Rescue Committee, September 2015 to February 2016) [Download PPT]

Discussant comments were offered by Pastor Lai Cung (Hakhathar Baptist Church) and Van Bawi Lian (CSDS researcher).

The seminar can be watched on Facebook live here.

More details on our research project on water insecurity in Hakha town can be found here.