From 2005-11-30 to 2005-12-02

Venue: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Summary:
In Mainland Southeast Asia, rivers, lakes, coastal zones are particularly threatened. This workshop will pay attention to the role of water in people's livelihoods divided over three sub-themes:
• trade and commerce (local and foreign trade, transport, port cities)
• natural resource use and management (rice cultivation, fisheries, water quality, environmental changes)
• socio-cultural life (rites of passages, traditional medicine, religion).

Organizers: Centre for Khmer Studies (CKS), Cambodia; International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), the Netherlands
Contact Name: Dr. Wil O. Dijk
E-mail: wil.dijk@compaqnet.nl
URL: http://www.lib.washington.edu/southeastasia/vsg/conf_05/Water%20in%20Mainland%20Southeast%20Asia.htm