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The Mekong Wetland University Network (MWUN) for wetland research and training in the Mekong was established in 2002.

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University members of MWUN

The areas of cooperation of the Mekong Wetland University Network are

  • wetland research
  • wetland trainings in the lower Mekong river basin
  • symposium/conference
  • meeting among universities members



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Wetland trainings

  • MWUN organized 13 wetland training courses on “Wetland ecology and management” (2003 - 2016)
  • Train-the-trainers training workshop on wetlands climate adaptation capacity building in the lower Mekong region (Mekong WET) program (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) supported by the Mekong Wetland University Network, the International Crane Foundation and International Union for Conservation of Nature (2019)
  • Training courses for 40 wetland managers in 4 countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam) – wetland ecosystem, climate change, ecosystem services assessment, IUCN’s Mekong Wet rapid climate change vulnerability assessment and wetland management

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