1. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Ph.D.
Advancing the State of Knowledge: Collaboration, Exchange and Networking within Academics and Community Researchers By
Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Ph.D.
Chiang Mai University
Thailand

2. Salween as river ecosystem Ecological Flows
Upstream- Down Stream Relations
Salween as livelihoods for local people
Genetic Resources, Resource Management and Local Knowledge
Fish, Forest, Water, Minerals, etc.

3. Salween Ecological System and People
How does ecological system shape local livelihoods and how does exploitation of ecosystem lead to the exacerbation of poverty and human right violation ?

4. : Salween Economy: Fish, Plants, Forest, Minerals, etc.
Circulation and exchange of goods
Btw up-stream and down-steam communities
Fish, fish paste ---forest products
Charcoal Production/Trade
Rice production in flood plains
Customary Rights among Diverse Ethnic Communities
Food Security
Livelihoods

5. Who are the people who depend on the Salween River?
Local History
Sacred Places. Ethnic Belief and Customary Practice.

6. Policy Research Transboundary River Management
What is alternative/sustainable Development Model for Salween River Basin?
Buddhist Economics? Vs. Neoliberal Economy
Energy Consumption Model

7. Repatriation of Displaced Persons and Salween Dam Construction
FDI and Resource Conflicts in Salween River Basin
Environmental Justice in Salween River Basin

8. Concluding Remarks Chayan Vaddhanaphuti

9. Temperature and Tempo
Geographies of Knowing and Geographies of Ignorance
Politics of the Salween River =>River of Peace and Free-flowing River
“Zomia” and Gender ; river users; stateless people, refugees
Research: Knowledge/Power
5.1 Basic Research/Scientific Research: Natural
Science and Social Science; holistic and case studies
Multidisciplinary
5.2 Policy Research
5.3 Community-action Research/Thai Baan
6. Mandate of the Academia:
6.1 Research focusing on Salween River
(What Kind of Research Question to be asked)
6.2 Training

10. 7. University-CSO-Local Communities
Exchanges of Ideas/Learning Platform
8. Steps forward
8.1 Media Strategies/documentary films
8.2 MoU/Salween River Friendship Partners
8.3 Research Priorities:
8.3.1 Four Nodes
8.3.2 Case Studies (How People Use/Conserve
the River/forest), Sacred sites, etc.
8.4 Training/Methodology Workshop
8.5 Salween Annual Review
8.6 Database: baseline data, maps,
researches
8.7 Funding