RCSD : The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development

Book Launch & Seminar: State of Land in the Mekong Region
2019-08-28 10:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Bangkok) | 4th floor meeting room, Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
“State of Land in the Mekong Region” book launch + seminar on 28 August 2019, organized by RCSD The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, starting 10 am at the 4th floor meeting room, operations building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. (there are morning and afternoon sessions).
The State of Land in the Mekong Region brings together data and information on current status and trajectories of change with regard to land resources, their social distribution, and the conditions of their governance that shape them. The book results from a long process of research and consultation involving more than 100 land experts in the region and across the world. It has been coordinated by the CDE – Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern and the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG), funded by Swiss Cooperation Mekong, LuxDev – Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency, implemented by Land Equity International and Gret, with support from GIZ Laos.
This book event aims to raise awareness and discuss key issues documented in the book such as dramatic transformation of agricultural and land tenure systems, the acceleration of land-based investments and trade of land-intensive commodities, and the growing inequality between smallholder farmers and other agricultural producers. The morning session will present both the regional overview from the book, and details from the chapter concerning Thailand. The afternoon session involves a seminar on the topic of ‘land and inequality in Thailand’ with presentations and a panel of government, academic, NGO and CSO stakeholders. Participants are welcome to attend either or both of these sessions.

Knots “Lessons Learned” Workshop
2018-10-01 09:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Subaltern Meeting Room, Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
RCSD invites all participants of the KNOTS Transdisciplinary Research and Teaching Summer School from CMU to join us for a reflection/training workshop “Lessons Learned?” Students, translators, instructors, please join us at 9 am Monday 1 Oct at the Subaltern Meeting Room!

Seminar: Diversity in Communal Land Titling: Thailand Myanmar Laos and Cambodia
2017-02-08 13:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Bangkok) | 4th floor meeting room, Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Please join the Mekong Land Research Forum and RCSD from 13.00-16.30 on Wednesday 8 February 2017 at the 4th Floor Meeting room, Operational Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, for “Diversity in Communal Land Titling: Thailand Myanmar Laos and Cambodia”
In recent years, considerable interest has been shown amongst communities, non-government organizations and government agencies in what is commonly known as “Communal Land Titling”. The development of legal frameworks have taken on various forms in different countries due to a wide range of socio-cultural, legal and political factors. This seminar offers an overview of Communal Land Titling in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Different approaches will be compared and contrasted to assist practitioners and academics thinking about different ways to support Communal Land Titling in mainland Southeast Asia. See less
