GMS 2020 : Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability : Focusing on Food-Water-Energy Nexus : conference proceedings / edited by Hasan Moinuddin and Jay Maclean. (Text)

This conference was held by CEP-BCI in February 2012 in Bangkok,Thailand.

Session 1: Decade of Development, Growth, and Impacts 2001 - 2010 in the GMS -- Dynamics of Economic Growth in the GMS: A Retrospective View 2000 - 2010 / Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Ladawan Kumpa -- Growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion in 2000 - 2010 and Future Prospects / Utsav Kumar and Pradeep Srivastava -- Economic Growth and Development in Cambodia, 2001 - 2010, and Strategies and Plans for 2011 - 2020 / Hing Vutha -- Recent Economic Development Performance and Some Perspectives on Economic Development Strategy for 2020, Lao PDR / Leeber Leebouapao -- Economic Growth and Development in Myanmar, 2001 - 2010, and Strategies and Plans for 2011 - 2020 / Tin Htoo Naing -- Economic Growth and Development in Viet Nam, 2001 - 2010, and Strategies and Plans to 2020 / Duong Duc Ung -- The Future of Water in the GMS: Is it History? / Arjun Thapan -- Environmental Impacts: Current and Future Challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Environment in GMS and Southeast Asian Countries: An Empirical Study / Loi Nguyen Duy -- Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Peter Warr -- Water and Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Outlook to 2030/2050 / Mark W. Rosegrant ... [et al.] -- Gender and Regional Economic Integration in the GMS: Role of Cross-Border Transportation Development / Kyoko Kusakabe -- Water - Energy Nexus: Sustainable Urbanization in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Peter Rogers

Session 2: Food - Water - Emergy Nexus -- Session 2.1: Food Security -- Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Historical Perspectives from the Mekong Committee / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Policies for Long-Term Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Shikha Jha, David Roland-Holst and Songsak Sriboonchitta -- The Future of GMS Forestry in the Context of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus / J.S. Broadhead ... [et al.] -- Climate Risks to Agriculture/Food Security in the GMS Countries and Early Warning Systems in the Context of the Food - Water - Emergy Nexus / S.V.R.K. Prabhakar -- Impact of Soil, Management Practices and Climate Change on Water Productivity of Winter Rice in the Mekong Delta / Marjorie Menard and Mohammed Mainuddin -- Remote Sensing-based Method to Map Irrigated Rice Cropping Patterns of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Nguyen Thi Thu Ha ... [et al.] -- Health Cost of Pesticide Use Practices in Mung bean (Vigna radiata L) Production in Myanmar / Seinn Seinn Mu and Corazon T Aragon -- Session 2.2: Land, Water, and Climate Change -- Water for Food and Energy in the GMS: Issues and Challenges to 2020 / R. Johnston ... [et al.] -- Development and Application of a Land-Use Prediction Model for Future Water Resources Management in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Akiyuki Kawasaki, Masatsugu Takamatsu and Peter Rogers -- Challenges Facing Cooperation and Sustainability on Water Sercurity and Hydropower Development in the Mekong River Basin: The GMS Response / Suzanne Ogden

Drought Riks Management as Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Linkages in Lower Mekong Region: Issues, Challenges, and Potential / Rajib Shaw -- Water and Development in the Lower Mekong Basin / Ton Lennaerts, Phetsamone Southalack and Satit Phiromchai -- Mainstreaming of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Policy Planning Process - Case of Viet Nam / Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc -- The Role of Tree Crops in Local Adaptation to Climate Variability: Learning from the Field / Su Yufang and Neera Shrestha Pradhan -- Managing Concession Forests for Carbon Benefit in Camboia / Nophea Sasaki and Kimsun Chheng -- Forestes, Past, Present and Futue in the GMS / Alastair Fraser -- Using Spatial Models to Improve the Outcomes of Land-Use Planning: The Case of Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam / Lothar Linde and Wilbert van Rooij -- Land, Water, Forest, Biodiversity, and Climate Change in Myanmar / Htwe Nyo Nyo -- Sessions 2.3: Energy -- Mekong Energy Metabolism: Connecting Energy Demand into the Nexus of Food-Water-Emergy Secutity / John Ward ... [et al.] -- Water resources management in the Greater Mekong Subregion: linkages to hydropower planning for a sustainable future / Jeremy Bird -- The Role of Clean Coal Technologies in the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries / J.R. Kessels

Biofuels in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Energy sufficiency, food security, and environmental management / Pradeep Tharakan ... [et al.] -- Global Environment and National Information Evaluation System (GENIES) for Urban Imapcct Analysis / Jitendra (Jitu) Shah ... [et al.] -- Internalizing the Externalities - Strategic Environmental Assessment of Power Development Plans in Viet Nam: Implications for the GMS / John Soussan, Sumit Pokhrel and Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen -- Status of energy use, power sector expansion plans and related policies in the GMS: challenge and opportunities / Butchaiah Gadde, Karthik Ganesan and Pradeep J Tharakan -- Greenhouse Gas mitigation by hydropower trading from Myanmar to Thailand / Cherry Myo Lwin, Weerakorn Ongsakul and Hiroki Tanikawa -- Panel Discussion - Day 1 Scaling economic development and environmental challenges / Nessim Ahmad -- Session 3: Group Discussion Reports - Day 1 -- Session 4: Challenges and Dynamics of Growth in the Next Decade 2011-2020 -- Food-Water-Energy Nexus: GMS Challenges of Growth for 2020 and Beyond / David Roland-Holst and Samuel Heft-Neal -- Panel Discussion - Day 2 Scaling Challenges and Scoping Opportunities for the Next Decade / Arjun Thapan -- Session 5: Responses to challenges of the next decade in the GMS Group Discussion Report - Day 2 -- Session 6: Seizing Opportunities - The Way Forward -- Panel Discussion - Day 2 Seizing Opportunites: The Way Forward / James Nugent -- Session 7: Conference Closing Remarks.