TThis is an announcement to invite you to the CSEAS Colloquium for July 2016. Date & Time: Thursday, July 28, 2016, 16:00-17:30 Place: Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: Costs, risks, incentives and the political economy of forest and land use: A case study of REDD+ implementation in Laos Speaker: Dr. Grace Wong Abstract: Rural livelihoods and landscapes in Southeast Asia are undergoing rapid change. An increasingly global economy with expanding markets for crops and forest products and investments for converting forests and agriculture land into commercial plantations are reaching even seemingly remote corners. These have brought prosperity to a significant part of [ Read More ]