START Southeast Asia
(Self-Description: August 2008)
SOUTHEAST Asia START Regional Center is one of the regional research nodes of Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS). Southeast Asia is one of the 8 existing regions of the Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) network, jointly initiated by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP), and World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
START is a global network to encourage multidisciplinary research on the interactions of human and environment affecting and being affected by global changes. Establishly, START regional networks are Pan-Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Temperate East Asia, Mediterranean, and Oceania.
Geographically SEA START RC comprises, in alphabetical order: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China-Taipei, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
SEA START RC was established in 1996 under a Memorandum of Understanding between Chulalongkorn University (CU), the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), and International START. The center is located on Chulalongkorn Campus in Bangkok, Thailand.
Operational Objectives
1. To develop integrated scientific and socio-economic approaches to reduce uncertainties of forecasting and assessing impacts of environmental change for Southeast Asia region;
2. To provide recommendations and expert advice to governments and private sectors to cope with long-term environmental changes;
3. To encourage and support the sharing and exchange of environmental data and information within and between regions , and;
4. To promote public awareness on global environmental issues
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