PhD candidate Andrea Haefner’s latest journal article appears in latest edition of Pacific Geographies. In the first decade of the twenty-first century Non-Traditional Security (NTS) challenges are of rising importance due to their increasing impact on daily life and broader national interests. This paper focuses on the Mekong Region as an important subregion due to its significance for more than 70 million people living directly on the river banks and its importance for the economic development of the six riparian countries. This paper investigates NTS challenges in the Mekong Subregion with a focus on environmental challenges and argues that NTS are of increasing importance in the region and will increase in the future. Whereas economic growth is crucial for the improvements of the livelihoods on the Mekong River and the overall economic performance of the riparian states, environmental protection cannot be disregarded as doing so would have devastating impact on the subregion and the wider region in the future. To read the full article click here.
Related
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
New survey results show clear public support for constitutional First Nations Voice
A new study from CQUniversity Australia and Griffith University shows clear public support for a constitutional First Nations Voice.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Bone tools found in arid landscape among oldest in Australia
Bone artefacts found in Kimberley cave site dated as being more than 35,000 years old by research team.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Griffith helps create climate-resilient hospitals in Nepal
A team of Griffith environmental health experts is facilitating a national climate-resilient health care plan in the shadow of the world’s highest mountain.
Business and government
Star students appointed Gold Coast Mayor’s Ambassadors
Five Griffith University students have been chosen to join a 16-member group of 2021 Gold Coast Mayor’s Student Ambassadors.