Sustainable Canal Networking for Cleaner Tha Chin River, Thailand

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Project ID
Project Title	Sustainable Canal Networking for Cleaner Tha Chin River, Thailand
Type	Transboundary Waters
Focus Areas
Geographic Scope	Thailand, Asia & Pacific
Lead Organization(s)	UNDP
Project Partners	*UNDP GEF SGP
Financing	Total: $21,364,19; Sources of Financing: GEF SGP
Timeframe	2006 - 2008
Status	Ongoing
Project website(s)	http://sgp.undp.org/web/projects/9696/sustainable_canal_networking_for_cleaner_tha_chin_river.html
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

900 members of 170 families residing along three canals flanking a 7-km stretch of the Tha Chin River. Project members depend on the 1,290-ha Bung Khong Long Wetland for livelihood activities and food security. In response to threats to the wetland’s vitality posed by chemical-intensive agriculture, waste from tourism, and unregulated fishing, the project aims to take a community-based approach to reversing degradation.

The main objectives of the project are to:

1. Instill conservation ethic in community leaders, and build capacity to act on it
2. Perform and analyze community-based research
3. Establish a ‘model canal’

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. Rehabilitation of Community Livelihood and Environment in Kham-Sop Ruak Basin, Thailand
7. Rehabilitation and Development of Coastal Resources of Kor Lanta, Thailand
8. Partnership for development: providing sustainable access to water, Thailand
9. National Wetland Biodiversity project, Thailand
10. Mekong Case Study
11. Marine Resource Conservation, Habitat Rehabilitation, and Waste Management, Thailand
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