PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY IN THAILAND’S PRODUCTION LANDSCAPE

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PROJECT FACTSProject partners

Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office

(BEDO), under Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment

The Raks Thai Foundation

The Thailand Environment Institute

Donor

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Budget

US$ 1.9 million

Project duration:

2011 -2015

Location

Prachinburi, Kanchanaburi, Ranong, Phang Nga and

Krabi provinces

UNDP Focal Point

Ms. Sutharin Koonphol

Programme Specialist

United Nations Development Programme in Thailand

12th Floor, United Nations Building

Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Phranakorn

Bangkok, 10200, Thailand

Tel: +66(0) 2304 9100

Fax: +66(0) 2280 4294

Email: sutharin.koonphol@undp.org

Web: www.th.undp.org

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KEY RESULTS- Improved institutional capacity and staff competences

of BEDO as Thailand’s Biodiversity Business Facility for

facilitation and support of community –based social

enterprises.

- Improved national cooperation and coordination

among partners with competencies related to

biodiversity business.

- Strengthened community-based sustainable production

and in-situ biodiversity conservation and rehabilitation.

- Pilot models for community-based social enterprises

with combined objectives of income generation,

sustainable production, and biodiversity conservation

are established.

- Strengthened human and technological capacities in

producer communities.

- Maximization of revenue through demand driven

design and branding of high-value products.

- Reduction in transaction costs through transformation

in the supply chain.

- Increased investment and subsidy options for

community-based enterprises.

- Strengthened awareness about sustainable production

and sustainable consumption of biodiversity resources.

PROJECT SUMMARYThailand’s rich biodiversity is globally significant but a

combination of population growth increases, rural poverty

and economic development have over the last 50 years, put

critical pressures on natural resources and caused significant

negative impacts to the country’s biodiversity. In particular,

this applies to production lands, where the formerly rich –

and valuable - biodiversity of traditional farming and

forestry systems has been replaced by forest clearance,

wetland loss and coastal depletion, as well as by more

intensive and destructive farming and fishing activities.

The Sustainable Management of Biodiversity in Thailand’s

Production Landscape project’s long term objective, is built

on the need to find new, and innovative approaches to

conserve the ecosystem health and biodiversity of

production lands. The project aims to strengthen national

efforts to increase community involvement in biodiversity

conservation, by changing production practices to mitigate

threats to biodiversity from unsustainable harvesting and

land conservation, particularly in areas of high ecological

significance.

MAIN ACTIVITIESBuilding national capacity for support for biodiversity

business.

- Review existing policy and legal framework for possible

improvement to mainstream biodiversity and sustainable

production principles into commercial markets.

- Support the Biodiversity –Based Economy Development

Office (BEDO) in developing a branding system to

ensure proper criteria for biodiversity-based products.

Piloting community-based social enterprises in key

eco-regions.

- Raise community awareness and capacity on the social

and economic benefits of biodiversity conservation and

rehabilitation.

- Demonstrate pilot models on bamboo, as well as marine

and coastal products for establishing biodiversity-based

social enterprises, with sufficient revenue for both family

income and economic incentives for sustainable

production and biodiversity conservation.

Mainstreaming biodiversity business into the supply

chains of high value.

- Seek high value niche market opportunities in both Thai

and foreign markets.

Thailand has over 1700 globally threatened species including several critically endangered species. (Source: Bugna, Sahlee and Giacomo Rambaldi. 2001”A Review of the Protected Area System

of Thailand” Biodiversity July-September (2001)

In 2007, Thailand exported US$ 48 million worth of non-timber forest products.Inland bamboo forests and estuarine coastal mangrove forests are two ecosystems of significant

importance. (Source: Royal Forest Department of Thailand)

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PROJECT FACTSProject partners

Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office

(BEDO), under Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment

The Raks Thai Foundation

The Thailand Environment Institute

Donor

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Budget

US$ 1.9 million

Project duration:

2011 -2015

Location

Prachinburi, Kanchanaburi, Ranong, Phang Nga and

Krabi provinces

UNDP Focal Point

Ms. Sutharin Koonphol

Programme Specialist

United Nations Development Programme in Thailand

12th Floor, United Nations Building

Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Phranakorn

Bangkok, 10200, Thailand

Tel: +66(0) 2304 9100

Fax: +66(0) 2280 4294

Email: sutharin.koonphol@undp.org

Web: www.th.undp.org

Follow us on :

KEY RESULTS- Improved institutional capacity and staff competences

of BEDO as Thailand’s Biodiversity Business Facility for

facilitation and support of community –based social

enterprises.

- Improved national cooperation and coordination

among partners with competencies related to

biodiversity business.

- Strengthened community-based sustainable production

and in-situ biodiversity conservation and rehabilitation.

- Pilot models for community-based social enterprises

with combined objectives of income generation,

sustainable production, and biodiversity conservation

are established.

- Strengthened human and technological capacities in

producer communities.

- Maximization of revenue through demand driven

design and branding of high-value products.

- Reduction in transaction costs through transformation

in the supply chain.

- Increased investment and subsidy options for

community-based enterprises.

- Strengthened awareness about sustainable production

and sustainable consumption of biodiversity resources.

PROJECT SUMMARYThailand’s rich biodiversity is globally significant but a

combination of population growth increases, rural poverty

and economic development have over the last 50 years, put

critical pressures on natural resources and caused significant

negative impacts to the country’s biodiversity. In particular,

this applies to production lands, where the formerly rich –

and valuable - biodiversity of traditional farming and

forestry systems has been replaced by forest clearance,

wetland loss and coastal depletion, as well as by more

intensive and destructive farming and fishing activities.

The Sustainable Management of Biodiversity in Thailand’s

Production Landscape project’s long term objective, is built

on the need to find new, and innovative approaches to

conserve the ecosystem health and biodiversity of

production lands. The project aims to strengthen national

efforts to increase community involvement in biodiversity

conservation, by changing production practices to mitigate

threats to biodiversity from unsustainable harvesting and

land conservation, particularly in areas of high ecological

significance.

MAIN ACTIVITIESBuilding national capacity for support for biodiversity

business.

- Review existing policy and legal framework for possible

improvement to mainstream biodiversity and sustainable

production principles into commercial markets.

- Support the Biodiversity –Based Economy Development

Office (BEDO) in developing a branding system to

ensure proper criteria for biodiversity-based products.

Piloting community-based social enterprises in key

eco-regions.

- Raise community awareness and capacity on the social

and economic benefits of biodiversity conservation and

rehabilitation.

- Demonstrate pilot models on bamboo, as well as marine

and coastal products for establishing biodiversity-based

social enterprises, with sufficient revenue for both family

income and economic incentives for sustainable

production and biodiversity conservation.

Mainstreaming biodiversity business into the supply

chains of high value.

- Seek high value niche market opportunities in both Thai

and foreign markets.