1. Imagining the future
Introduction. Thanks everyone for coming, Very pleased to be here.
I’ve worked in SEA on water and natural resources for the past 10 years – I am currently working in Toronto as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Toronto, and the lead PI for a project on water governance in the Salween River Basin, across Thailand, Myanmar and China, in Southeast Asia with the York Centre for Asian Research at York University.
In the past, I worked with several NGOs in the region, including an organization based in Bangkok called TERRA on the magazine called Watershed: A People’s Forum on Ecology.

2. Future Research & Meetings
We would like to hear from you!
Shared Vision?
Identify Research Gaps
Possibilities for research collaboration?
Possibilities for presenting and publishing our work, academic and civil society scholarship and research
Funding for 2017 Salween Studies Meeting (location TBA)
Future Research & Meetings
Building on this work, future Salween research trajectory ….

3. A Shared Vision? 1999 Workshop
“By the year 2020, the Salween River will be a transboundary basin in which all people irrespective of race, color, citizenship, religion, culture and gender live in peace, prosperity, harmony and friendship as a result of good will, cooperation and mutual understanding among riparian countries, which will make possible the achievement of sustained social and economic development in the basin.”
Permanent and independent intergovernmental body
Transboundary cooperation in development and management
4 areas of cooperation : Natural Resources Management; Basin-wide (subregional) Coordination; Capacity Building; and Multilateral (decision-making) Institutions.
A Shared Vision? 1999 Workshop
The Salween River Basin: A Vision for Cooperation
By the year 2020, the Salween River will be a transboundary basin in which all people irrespective of race, color, citizenship, religion, culture and gender live in peace, prosperity, harmony and friendship as a result of good will, cooperation and mutual understanding among riparian countries, which will make possible the achievement of sustained social and economic development in the basin.
In the future, the good will and mutual cooperation among the riparian countries - China, Myanmar, and Thailand - will give rise to a permanent and independent intergovernmental body. This body will help ensure that the adverse environmental and societal impacts of the development of the basin are minimized, the positive impacts maximized, and that the water resources of the basin are protected and conserved for future generations.
The future of the Salween River should be based on a basin-wide, integrated approach for planning, development, management, and study of natural resources for long-term sustainability and for the mutual benefit, through effective institutional arrangement for proper coordination and cooperation among the three riparian countries.

4. What do we want to see for the future of Salween River Basin?

6. Regional Centre for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University “MK21” Matching policies, institutions and practices of water governance in the Salween-Thanlwin-Nu River Basin: Towards inclusive, informed, and accountable water governance -2 other Salween focused CGIAR WLE funded projects MK31 (Fellowships) and MK23 (Healthy Rivers)
Thanks to supporters
Name partners?
Lead Organization: York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), York University
Consortium partners: MA in International Development Studies (MAIDS), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Regional Centre for Sustainable Development (RCSD), Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Karen Environment and Social Action Network (KESAN); Green Watershed; International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Weaving Bonds Across Borders

7. Thank you to all our wonderful participants & co-organizers, Professors Saw Win, Carl Middleton, and Chayan Vaddhanaphuti
Thank You