Latest NewsCrossing Borders, Changing Landscapes: Land-Use Dynamics in the Golden TriangleHONOLULU (Dec. 19) -- Over the last half-century, public policy has affected land-use practices across the borders linking China, Thailand, and Laos. Political and economic reforms have facilitated labor mobility and a shift in agricultural practices away from staple grains and toward a diverse array of cash crops, rubber being one of the foremost. In the latest edition of the East-West Center’s AsiaPacific Issues series of policy-relevant papers, EWC Environmental Change, Vulnerability and Governance Program Coordinator Jefferson Fox examines the factors behind these land-use changes and their effects on biodiversity and long-term viability. Click here to download Fox’s paper. Applications for Asia Pacific Leadership Program Being Accepted Through Jan. 31HONOLULU (Dec. 18) – The application deadline for the East-West Center's 2010-11 Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) – considered the premier leadership education program in the Asia Pacific region – is Jan. 31, 2010. Entering its tenth year, the APLP is a graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. Application forms and detailed information about the program are available on the APLP website. … more… |
Spotlight on Journalism Fellowships
EWC Journalism Programs Expand Offerings, Participation
A strong growth area at the East-West Center in recent years has been the Center’s journalism fellowships and exchanges. Since 2005, the range of EWC programs for journalists has doubled, to 10 programs serving about 100 participants per year, with many more attending the biennial international media conferences. Media Programs Coordinator Susan Kreifels says that support for the journalism programs reflects the important role that journalists play in the Center’s mission of promoting a more peaceful, just and prosperous Asia Pacific region. “A better-informed media means better-informed policymakers and a better-informed public,” Kreifels says. “When you put that together, it leads to improved policies and better regional relations.” Recent media program initiatives include: FEATURED PUBLICATIONSby Raimund Bleischwitz, Paul J.J. Welfens, and ZhongXiang Zhang (eds.) The Global Economic Crisis and Its Implications for Asian Economic Cooperation by Michael G. Plummer Higher Education in Asia/Pacific: Quality and the Public Good by Terance W. Bigalke and Deane E. Neubauer (eds.) More publications... FEATURED SITESEast-West MediaLine Asia Matters for America EWCA Blog |
