Student Theses

New Directions in Environmental Governance is proud to share the finished work of our Master’s and PhD students. Their innovative and insightful work spans many countries as well as resource sectors and governance arrangements.

Theses (alphabetical order)

Bottema, M. (2020, forthcoming). Principles of area-based management and certification of aquaculture in Southeast Asia [PhD Research]. Wageningen University.

Ha, N. (2017). Local state actors and institutions and forest certification in Vietnam / Local state complexity and forest certification for smallholders in Vietnam [MA Thesis]. The Australian  National University.

Huete, A. (2018). Carbon mitigation initiatives: Transformations in environmental subjectivity in three agricultural communities in Thailand [MA Thesis]. Chiang Mai University.

Kehoe, C. (2016). Understanding small-scale fisheries in Thailand: Ecological change and local governance systems [MSc Thesis]. University of Ottawa.

Kehoe, C., Marschke, M., Uttamamunee, W., Kittitornkool, J. & Vandergeest, P. (2016). Developing local sustainable seafood markets: A Thai example [Video]. New Directions in Environmental Governance.

King, E. (2017). Practices of a non-state mediated payment for ecosystem service pilot project, Mae Sa     Watershed, Northern Thailand [MA Thesis]. Chiang Mai University.

Kirarock, R. (2016). Understanding the growth and development of fisheries ecolabelling schemes in the Papua New Guinea [MA Thesis]. The Australian National University.

Maoyot, R. (2017). Non-state market-driven system of environmental governance: Case study of payment for ecosystem services (PES) in Thung Jaw Upper Watershed, Ban Hua Lao, Tambon Pa Pae, Amphoe Mae Taeng, Changwat Chiang Mai [MA Thesis]. Chiang Mai University.

McWhirter, R. (2018). Conservation, consumption, and livelihoods: Contradictions in conservation projects and audiences in Vietnam [MA Thesis]. York University.

Paul, A. (2018). With the Salween Peace Park, we can survive as a nation: Karen Environmental relations and the politics of an Indigenous conservation initiative [MA Thesis]. York University.

Puts, Y. (2016). Integrating labour into seafood sustainability: An analysis of emerging discourses on labour issues and transitional strategies in the Thai food sector [MSc Thesis]. Wageningen University.

Sary, M. (2016). Interactions between state and non-state actors in resource governance: Community Protected Areas (CPAs) in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary, Koh Kong, Cambodia [MA Thesis]. Chiang Mai University.

Tran, O. (2017). Thailand’s fisheries reform: An analysis of institutional responses and degrees of social protection for migrant workers [MA Thesis]. University of Ottawa.

Uttamamunee, W. (2016). The process and outcomes of social enterprise mobilization: A Case study of “fisher folk shop”, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province [MA Thesis]. Prince of Songkla University.

Wageningen, L. (2016). Boundary-work in sustainability certification: case study of the ASC standard on responsible shrimp farming [MSc Thesis]. Wageningen University.

Wagner, K. (2017). Conservation in Focus: Capturing the payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme through ecotourism activities in Laos [MA Thesis]. York University.

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Felipe, Alexie Z.N. (2015) Small-Scale Mining on Mt. Balabag: Examining Class Dynamics and Socioeconomic Mobility [MA Thesis]. York University
*N.B. While not a thesis from the NDEG project, this paper merits inclusion based on its contributions to understanding the intersections of labour and environmental governance.