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For several decades, the rates of economic growth, industrialization, urbanization and globalization have been faster in the Southeast Asia region than in most parts of the world. Together with continuing poverty and a steady rise in the population, this increase in economic activity has been exerting a great pressure on the region’s natural resources. Critical environmental change issues of high priority include adaptation to global change, the monsoon system, food and water security, coastal and forest degradation, air quality, sustainable development, loss of biodiversity, and climate variability. START’s research and capacity building activities in Southeast Asia address these issues.

Capacity building activities in the region include a newly-launched SARCS Visiting Research Fellowship and a program of targeted research grants. START’s activities within Southeast Asia are coordinated by the Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS) Secretariat located at the National Central University in Chung-Li, Taiwan. SARCS is composed of the Regional Scientific Committee (RSC) and the Regional Council (RC). Assisting the SARCS Secretariat coordinate START activities is the Southeast Asia START Regional Centre (SEA START RC) at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, the SEA START RC is able to provide access to regional and global databases dedicated to global change research. The USER unit of Chiangmai University in Thailand serves as the base for various activities emphasizing the human dimensions of global change.

Southeast Asia START Regional Center (SEA START RC)
Dr. Anond Snidvongs, Director
5th Floor, SWU 5 Building
Srinakharinwirot Pathumwan Demonstration School
Henry Dunant Rd.
Bangkok Thailand
Phone: (+66 2) 218 9464
Fax: (+66 2) 251 9416
E-mail Address: anond@start.or.th
Website: http://www.start.or.th

Dr. Louis Lebel, SARCS Science Coordinator
Faculty of Social Sciences
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai 50200
THAILAND
Phone: (+66 1) 892 9647
Fax: (+66 53) 263 215
Email: llebel@loxinfo.co.th

Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS)
Southeast Asia Regional Scientific Committee
Chao-Han Liu, Chair (National Central University, Taiwan)
Sharifah Mastura Syed Abdullah (Universiti Kelangsaam, Malaysia)
Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Louis Lebel (Chiang-Mai Univeristy, Thailand)
Chan Eng Soon (Tropical Marine Science Institute, Singapore)
Nguyen Hoang Tri (Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam)
Jiunn-Rong Yeh (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Rodel Lasco (University of Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines)
Anond Snidvongs, Director (START SEA RC)

Prof. Chao-Han Liu, Chair
SARCS Secretariat
National Central University
Chung-Li, Taiwan 320
Tel: +886-3-426-2726
Fax: +886-3-426-2640
E-mail: sarcs@sarcs.org.tw
Website: http://www.sarcs.org

Southeast Asia Regional Council
Chao-Han Liu (SARCS Chair, National Central University, Taiwan)
Leoncio A. Amadore (PAGASA, Philippines)
Kasem Chunkao (Naresuan University, Thailand)
Karina Gin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Chow Kok Kee (Malaysian Meteorological Service, Malaysia)
Nguyen Huu Ninh (CERED, Vietnam)
Graeme Pearman (CSIRO, Australia)
Sri Kaloka Probotosari (LAPAN, Indonesia)
Haji Mohd Zakaria Haji Sarudin (Ministry of Development, Brunei Darussalam)
Pum Vicheth (Ministry of Environment, Cambodia)
Daniel Murdiyarso (CIFOR, Indonesia)
Agus Sari (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)

For more information please visit http://www.start.or.th or contact:
start@agu.org.