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Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand

International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals:  Policy  and  Practice 27-29  June  2016 The  Sirindhorn  International  Environmental  Park Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand Preface It  is  a  great  honor  to  have  contributed  to  organizing  the  International  Conference  on  “Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals:  Policy  and  Practice”  hosted  by  the  Sirindhorn  International  Environmental  Park  and  its  collaborating  organizations  during  27-29  June  2016. The  conference  addressed  the  global  development  agenda  –  2030  Agenda  and  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs)  –  and  was  designed  to  take  on  the  thematic  issues  of  climate  change,  biodiversity  and  ecosystem  services  in  the  context  of  science-policy-society  interfaces.  There  were  three  streams  of  parallel  sessions  –  climate  change  adaptation  at  the  watershed  level;  biodiversity  conservation;  and  ecosystem  services  protection  –  addressing  a  wide  range  of  topics  on  policy,  management,  practice,  and  multi-stakeholder  approaches,  and  their  methodologies.  Deliberations  were  in  the  form  of  key  plenary  presentations  and  panel  discussions,  paper  and  poster  presentations  of  case  studies. At  the  closing  session,  there  were  technical  reflections  and  briefs  on  what  have  been  discussed  and  the  outcomes  including  the  adoption  of  the  Cha-am  Statement  which  symbolizes  the  collective  wishes  and  aspirations  of  the  participants.  The  final  day  of  the  conference  was  devoted  to  field  visits  to  actual  projects  that  demonstrate  real  changes  and  contributions  on  relevant  SDG  implementation  issues  on  climate  change,  biodiversity  and  ecosystem  services. The  conference  was  productive  and  it  provided  opportunities  and  potentials  for  networking  amongst  the  participants.  It  is  hoped  that  this  conference  proceedings  provides  a  useful  reading  and  reference  to  researchers,  educators,  practitioners  and  policymakers. The  Academic  Committee Conference  Organizers x Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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