This volume is an abstract of the Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from March 5th - 7th, 2013. The Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 has been organized by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the WISDOM Project, with aims to serve as an international platform for governmental decision-makers, scientists, and other organizations active in the Mekong context. The Symposium Programme has covered the following topics: Hydropower development and impacts on the river ecology; Hydropower development and impacts on the economy; Mekong Basin forest dynamics and REDD; Mekong Basin landuse (non-forest) dynamics; Mekong Basin hydrology and hydrography; Hazards and disaster risk reduction in the Mekong Basin; Mekong Basin aquatic ecology, biodiversity and water quality protection; Tonle Sap Lake: ecology, biodiversity and rural livelihoods; Mekong Delta: Climate change related challenges; Impacts of urbanization and industrialisation on agriculture and water resources; Collaboration platforms in basin management: Information Systems and Spatial Infrastructures; Capacity building, education and outreach.
This brief report lays out ten theories of advocacy and policy change. These theories are intended to articulate the policy making process and identify causal connections supported by research to explain how and why a change may or may not...
The Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) in collaboration with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Department of Agriculture (DOA), Thailand, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific...
This paper is a contribution to the establishment of a new capacity development (CD) 9 strategy, a process that the Consortium Office will facilitate, with external input, during 2013. The paper explores the lessons learned from CGIAR’s experience with CD...
This synthesis report presents the outputs of the workshop organised by CTA at its headquarters in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 15-17 July 2008. The outputs are presented in two main parts, each corresponding to one of the workshop objectives, and ends with a...
This paper captures lessons from recent experiences on using ‘theories of change’ amongst organisations involved in the research–policy interface. The literature in this area highlights much of the complexity inherent in the policymaking process, as well as the challenges around...
