With the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar once again hit global media headlines. While the military junta continues to clamp down on pro-democracy protestors and the country is wracked with conflict and unrest, how will the changing political situation affect the Rohingya community in Bangladesh and in Rakhine State in Myanmar?
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Date-Time: Saturday 01 May 2021, 08:00 – 17:00 (ICT/GMT+0700 Bangkok Time)
Venue: Online Hackathon
Team Participant: Selected Team only
Date-Time: 28 April 2021, 3 – 4 P.M. (ICT/GMT+0700 Thailand time)
Place: Online ZOOM
The Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) is happy to inform that Prof.Nophea Sasaki has been appointed as the new Head of Department (HoD) starting 16 April 2021, taking over the lead from Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon (January 2021 – 15 April 2021).
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SPECIAL SEMINAR Financing Forest Landscape Restoration WHEN: 19 April 2021 From 5:00 – 6:00 P.M. (ICT/GMT+0700, Thailand Time) WHERE: Via ZOOM → Join ZOOM Abstract Sustainable financing is essential for the sustainable management of natural resources in tropical countries in the achievement of many of the Sustainable Development Goals, in Read more…
The Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) is happy to inform that Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon has been appointed as the new Dean of the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), AIT effective from April 2021. He will also join the AIT Governing Team (AGT) as a member of the leadership team at AIT.
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With almost 500 million hectares of tropical forests being degraded by now and another 13 million hectares being lost annually, there is a critical need to restore these forests to avoid more future punishment by the Mother Nature. The New York Declaration on Forests set the target to restore 350M hectares of forests by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals 15 specifically recognizes the need to manage and restore the forests.
This year’s UN official theme on Women’s Day is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world”. We focus on our everyday lives – what/ how we eat, move, relate to others, communicate, study, work, and live our lives. We can choose to challenge gender inequality in our daily lives – any time, alone or with others. We believe that an accumulation of these everyday consciousness by individuals can lead us to collectively overcoming gender bias and realizing a more equal and inclusive future.
1.1. Funder: ADB (Asian Development Bank), JFPR (Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction)
1.2. Project: Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture for Enhanced Recovery and Sustainability of Highlands
1.3. Lead: AIT and Nippon Koei Co.
1.4. Initiator: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand.
1.5. Objective: To strengthen the capacity of local governments and communities to address climate change and to demonstrate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices
1.6. Target Area: Nan Province, the Kingdom of Thailand
Department of Development and Sustainability would like to Congratulate Dr.Vilas Nitivattananon for being promoted from the rank of Associate Professor to Full Professor, following the approval of the Board of the Trustees at its meeting held on the 21st of January 2021. We wish him every success in his career.
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