Suparerk Janprasart
Suparerk Janprasart has extensive professional experience in a few inter-related disciplines such as water resources, environmental & socioeconomic planning, climate change adaptation, urbanization, agriculture, stakeholder participation and engagement, and women and youth leadership. He possesses more than 20 years of working experience internationally and particularly in the Mekong region under field projects, national and regional initiatives, and programs. He has held many positions at the senior level based on both full-time and consultancy assignments as program team leader, chief technical advisor, project manager, coordinator, and senior specialist serving many international organizations such as ADB, MRCS, IUCN, WWF, ISET, Australian Aid, USAID, GIZ, UNDP, and YMCA.
He is a team and bridge builder, and skilled trainer. He has established strong relationships and professional networks with a wide range of key stakeholders of the Mekong region in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam, and Myanmar. Suparerk received his Master's degree in International Environmental Science from Lund University, Sweden in 2005, and is a PhD candidate at Mahidol University International Program, Thailand. His PhD research focuses in water and climate resilience building in the Lower Mekong region through the adoption of non-traditional approaches.
Key skills
• In-depth technical expertise in the following areas; “integrated water resources management”, “climate change adaptation”, “environmental conservation and social/socio-economic development including biodiversity & wildlife conservation, EIA, SIA, SEA and poverty & VA assessment”, “urbanization”, and “sustainable agriculture”.
• Skilled trainer and facilitator. Extensive experience in project, program and campaign development, and monitoring & evaluation.
• Achieved leader in large and complex project and program management, multi-disciplinary team building, multi-stakeholder coordination & engagement, and partnership building.
• Exceptional diplomacy skill. Established professional networks with senior government officials, donors, development banks as Asian Development Bank and The World Bank, international organizations, research institutions, universities, NGOs, local communities, private sector and development project owners.
Supervisors: Dr. Sasanee Chuwaew
He is a team and bridge builder, and skilled trainer. He has established strong relationships and professional networks with a wide range of key stakeholders of the Mekong region in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam, and Myanmar. Suparerk received his Master's degree in International Environmental Science from Lund University, Sweden in 2005, and is a PhD candidate at Mahidol University International Program, Thailand. His PhD research focuses in water and climate resilience building in the Lower Mekong region through the adoption of non-traditional approaches.
Key skills
• In-depth technical expertise in the following areas; “integrated water resources management”, “climate change adaptation”, “environmental conservation and social/socio-economic development including biodiversity & wildlife conservation, EIA, SIA, SEA and poverty & VA assessment”, “urbanization”, and “sustainable agriculture”.
• Skilled trainer and facilitator. Extensive experience in project, program and campaign development, and monitoring & evaluation.
• Achieved leader in large and complex project and program management, multi-disciplinary team building, multi-stakeholder coordination & engagement, and partnership building.
• Exceptional diplomacy skill. Established professional networks with senior government officials, donors, development banks as Asian Development Bank and The World Bank, international organizations, research institutions, universities, NGOs, local communities, private sector and development project owners.
Supervisors: Dr. Sasanee Chuwaew
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Papers by Suparerk Janprasart
University – Faculty of Environmental and Resources study, and WWF Thailand Greater Mekong
Programme. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive institutional and policy review
of wetland management in relation to climate change adaptation at national level in Thailand.
This paper will serve as part of key information for the Basin-wide Climate Change Impact and
Vulnerability Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin for Adaptation Planning
Project, led by International Center for Environmental Management (ICEM); and the project
proposal for the Mekong Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihood Project, WWF Laos
and WWF Thailand, WWF Greater Mekong Programme, funded by and WWF Germany and BMZ.
The study for this paper is primarily qualitative and concerned only with formal institutional and
policy arrangements. The study will answer six key questions:
1. What policies and institutional arrangements exist in the management of wetlands and
linked natural resources at the provincial and national levels?
2. What policies and institutional arrangement exist for climate change adaptation responses
at the national level?
3. What policies and institutional arrangements are in place for enhancing the capacity of
wetlands to adapt to climate change?
4. What are the strengths, weaknesses and gaps of those arrangements in promoting the
maintenance and enhancement of wetlands, and what are their causes? What other policies
and institutional arrangements influence the maintenance and resilience of wetlands (for
example, river basin planning, spatial planning, sector development planning systems)?
5. What reforms and innovations are required?
This institutional and policy review has been informed by an extensive review of law, policy
papers and literature. Discussions and interviews with selected government officials, wetland
and climate change experts were also included in the review and analysis of the study process.
These activities were carried out between late November 2011 and late January 2012. The study
did not commence in mid-October 2011 as planned due to flooding in northern and central
Thailand.
This draft discussion paper, Rapid Needs Assessment-Improving Data for Mekong Water Resources Management aims to provide an updated situation of and capacity needs for water resources data management in the Lower Mekong region. It also hopes to provide guidance and directions for potential opportunities of the new initiative, and how it can well engage key partners.
1. IWRM Framework
2. Integrated River Basin Management and River Basin Management Planning
3. River Basin Knowledge Development
4. Supporting IWRM and Community Engagement Pilot Project
5. Flood Risks and Disaster Management
6. Project Cycle Management
7. Groundwater Management
8. Collaborative Modelling, and
9. Water Quality Management
Books by Suparerk Janprasart
University – Faculty of Environmental and Resources study, and WWF Thailand Greater Mekong
Programme. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive institutional and policy review
of wetland management in relation to climate change adaptation at national level in Thailand.
This paper will serve as part of key information for the Basin-wide Climate Change Impact and
Vulnerability Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin for Adaptation Planning
Project, led by International Center for Environmental Management (ICEM); and the project
proposal for the Mekong Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihood Project, WWF Laos
and WWF Thailand, WWF Greater Mekong Programme, funded by and WWF Germany and BMZ.
The study for this paper is primarily qualitative and concerned only with formal institutional and
policy arrangements. The study will answer six key questions:
1. What policies and institutional arrangements exist in the management of wetlands and
linked natural resources at the provincial and national levels?
2. What policies and institutional arrangement exist for climate change adaptation responses
at the national level?
3. What policies and institutional arrangements are in place for enhancing the capacity of
wetlands to adapt to climate change?
4. What are the strengths, weaknesses and gaps of those arrangements in promoting the
maintenance and enhancement of wetlands, and what are their causes? What other policies
and institutional arrangements influence the maintenance and resilience of wetlands (for
example, river basin planning, spatial planning, sector development planning systems)?
5. What reforms and innovations are required?
This institutional and policy review has been informed by an extensive review of law, policy
papers and literature. Discussions and interviews with selected government officials, wetland
and climate change experts were also included in the review and analysis of the study process.
These activities were carried out between late November 2011 and late January 2012. The study
did not commence in mid-October 2011 as planned due to flooding in northern and central
Thailand.
This draft discussion paper, Rapid Needs Assessment-Improving Data for Mekong Water Resources Management aims to provide an updated situation of and capacity needs for water resources data management in the Lower Mekong region. It also hopes to provide guidance and directions for potential opportunities of the new initiative, and how it can well engage key partners.
1. IWRM Framework
2. Integrated River Basin Management and River Basin Management Planning
3. River Basin Knowledge Development
4. Supporting IWRM and Community Engagement Pilot Project
5. Flood Risks and Disaster Management
6. Project Cycle Management
7. Groundwater Management
8. Collaborative Modelling, and
9. Water Quality Management