Marine Resource Conservation, Habitat Rehabilitation, and Waste Management, Thailand

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Project ID
Project Title	Marine Resource Conservation, Habitat Rehabilitation, and Waste Management, Thailand
Type	Transboundary Waters
Focus Areas
Geographic Scope	Thailand, Asia & Pacific
Lead Organization(s)	UNDP
Project Partners	*UNDP GEF SGP
Financing	Total: $46,528,38; Sources of Financing: GEF SGP
Timeframe	2007 - 2009
Status	Ongoing
Project website(s)	GEF SGP Project page
Contacts	Poonsin Sreesangkom [email protected]

Contents 1 Description 2 Expected Outcomes 3 Achievements: Results and Impact 4 Lessons for Replication 5 References 6 See also 7 External Resources 8 Attachments

Description

The main activities of this project include:

• Building communities’ capacity by conducting trainings, seminars, study tours, and forums on environmental issues
• Enacting ideas and practices explored during capacity-building process
• Disseminating project results and lessons-learned

Anticipated outputs

• Target location 1:

1. Increased population of blue swimming crabs (nightly catch of approx. 100 kilos/boat)
2. Community members and major stakeholders show increased capacity for environmental stewardship

• Target location 2:

1. One volunteer group established
2. 16-ha increase in size of mangrove forest; area now maintained and protected by community
3. Community members and major stakeholders show increased capacity for marine resource conservation (esp. re: mangrove rehabilitation)

• Target location 3:

1. Demonstration areas established for solid waste management (esp. re: recycling, organic compost production, and use of water-soluble organic compounds)
2. Community members manage solid waste effectively; garbage volume has been cut in half (now 20 tons/day)

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

TYPE LESSONS HERE

References

See also

1. Working with Communities to Meet Water and Sanitation Needs Sustainably in the Recovery of Selected Tsunami Affected Countries, Thailand
2. Water Conflict and Cooperation/Mekong River Basin
3. Sustainable Rehabilitation of Natural Resources in Phrom Basin Ecosystems, Thailand
4. Sustainable Development Initiatives: Application and Green Indicators
5. Sustainable Collective Protection of Lower Thachin River, Thailand
6. Sustainable Canal Networking for Cleaner Tha Chin River, Thailand
7. Rehabilitation of Community Livelihood and Environment in Kham-Sop Ruak Basin, Thailand
8. Rehabilitation and Development of Coastal Resources of Kor Lanta, Thailand
9. Partnership for development: providing sustainable access to water, Thailand
10. National Wetland Biodiversity project, Thailand
11. Mekong Case Study
12. Conservation and Development of Ecosystems of Jan River, Thailand
13. Community Capacity Building for Conserving Kaeng Lawa Wetland, Thailand
14. Bung Khong Long Wetland Conservation, Thailand

External Resources

Attachments