March 7, 2022, 08.00 hrs, Associate Professor Dr. Sura Pattanakiat, Dean of Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, delivered a welcome speech to all the participants present at the opening ceremony of “PARE Program Spring School 2022”, a hybrid academic event scheduled to be held from March 7 to 16, 2021, hosted by Bogor Agricultural University ,Indonesia, Hokkaido University, Japan, and co-hosted by Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University and Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus.
The event is conducted with the collaboration of the PARE consortium universities to foster pioneers to transform the Populations-Activities-Resources and Environments (PARE) Chain, consisting of Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Faculty of Agriculture at Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Chulalongkorn University, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Gadjah Mada University, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, and Hokkaido University, Japan, as the chief collaboration office, to provide graduate students from the consortium universities with the opportunity to participate in the activities that are mainly composed of lectures and field trips in a form of short program to foster individuals with four specific characteristics that are essential for global leaders who will be active in resolving challenges related to PARE (Population-Activities-Resources-Environments), and able to contribute to the sustainability of resources in Asia. This year, there are 29 students from the partner universities in Thailand, Indonesia and Japan, attending the program.
