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Simon Bush, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Environmental Policy Group,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Name: Simon Bush
Office address: Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen
Office phonenumber: +31.317.483310
Email: simon.bush @ wur.nl
Education
Simon completed his PhD in geography at the University of Sydney in 2005 with a dissertation investigating the political ecology of living aquatic resources in the Lao PDR.
Research interests
His current research focuses on the politics of fisheries management and development in Southeast Asia with a particular interest in the implications of aquaculture certification on coastal communities, the structure and function of local and regional fish trade networks.
Current research/projects
- Rebuilding resilience of coastal populations and aquatic resources: habitats, biodiversity and sustainable use options. Funded by WUR-INREF 2007-2010
- Assessment of regional value chains for promoting sustainable fisheries development in the Mekong Delta. Funded by SIDA. January 2008-2009
- Pangasius for the Poor: upgrading value-chains for improved rural livelihoods and environmental performance. Funded by IDRC. January 2008 – 2009
Current teaching
- ‘Ocean and Coastal Governance’. Undergraduate course at Wageningen University
- ‘Environment and Development’. MSc course at Wageningen University
- ‘Marine Environmental Quality and Governance’. MSc course at Wageningen University
Selected publications
(Forthcoming) Bush, S. R. Contextualising fisheries policy in the Lower Mekong Basin. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies XX(XX): XX-XX
(Forthcoming) Bush, S.R. Comparing what matters with what is done: questioning the role and importance of inland small-scale aquaculture. In Skladany, M., J. Volpe, P. Vandergeest and D. Little, Rethinking Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Across Disciplines, Divisions and Communities, pp. XX-XX (Oxford: CABI International).
2007 Bush, S. R. and Oosterveer, P. The missing link: intersecting governance and trade in the space of place and the space of flows. Sociologia Ruralis 47(4): 384-400
2007 Bush, S. R. Geographical distribution of investment in small-scale rural fish ponds. Aquaculture Economics & Management 11(3): 285-311.
2007 Vo Thi Thanh Loc, Le Xuan Sinh and S.R. Bush. Trans-boundary challenges for fisheries policy in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Implications for economic growth and food security. In T.T. Be, B.T. Sinh and F. Miller, Challenges to Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta: Regional and national Policy Issues and Research Needs, pp. 102-142. (Bangkok: The Sustainable Mekong Research Network).
2007 Bush, S. R. and P. Oosterveer.. Environment, governance and global markets. In Zijpp A.J. van der, J. A. J. Verreth, T. Le Quang, Mensvoort, M.E.F. van, R. H. Bosma and M. C. M. Beveridge, Fishponds in Farming Systems, pp. 203-210 (Wageningen: Wageningen Publishers).
2006 Bush, S.R. and Le Nguyet Minh. Fish trade, food and income security: an overview of the constraints and barriers faced by small-scale fishers, farmers and traders in the Lower Mekong Basin. Fish for the People 4(2), pp. 8-16
2005 Bush, S. R. and P. Hirsch. Framing Fishery Decline. Aquatic Resources, Culture and Development 1(2):79-90.
2005 Bush, S. R. Fish Decline in the Sekong/Se San/Sre Pok River Basin: An Introduction to its causes and remedies. Oxfam Australia, Melbourne.
2005 Oh, E., Blake D. Ratner, S.R. Bush, K. Kolandai, and T.Y. Too, (eds.). Wetlands Governance in the Mekong Region: Country Reports on the Legal-Institutional Framework and Economic Valuation of Aquatic Resources. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish Center. 233 pp.
2004 Bush, S.R. Scales and Sales: changing social and spatial fish trading networks in the Siiphandone fishery, Lao PDR. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 25(1), 32-50.
2004 Cowx, I.G., Almeida, O., Bene, C., Brummett, R., Bush, S., Darwall, W., Pittock, J., and van Brakel, M.L. Value of River Fisheries. In Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries (eds R. Welcomme and T. Petr), Vol. 1, pp. 1-20. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand. RAP Publication 2004/16.
2003 Hortle, K. G. and S. R. Bush. Consumption in the Lower Mekong Basin as a Measure of Fish Yield. New Approaches for the Improvement of Inland Capture Fishery Statistics in the Mekong Basin. In: T. Clayton. Ad Hoc expert consultation Udon Thani, Thailand 2 to 5 September 2002, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations RAP Publication 2003/01, pp. 76-82
2003 Bush, S. R. Using a simple GIS model to assess development patterns of small-scale rural aquaculture in the wider environment. Aquaculture Asia 8(1): 40-42.
2002 Bush, S. R. . Fishing Together. Watershed 8(1): 42-44.
2000 Bush, S.R. Competing fisheries in the Mekong Basin. Mekong Update and Dialogue, 3(3): 2-4.
Other major professional activities:
Editor of Maritime Studies (MAST), coordinated by the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), University of Amsterdam and published by Eburon Publishers.
Facilitator of the Environmental Research Network in Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org
Languages:
English, Lao, Dutch (Beginner)
Links:
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University www.enp.wur.nl
Australian Mekong Resource Centre, University of Sydney http://www.mekong.es.usyd.edu.au/
Environmental Research Network Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org
Last update:
August 28, 2010
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