Project Implementation Initiated in 2004 with a budget of 24,000,000 Baht (approximately US$ 783,500), the project has rehabilitated mangrove forests covering 532 rai (85.12 hectares). Biodiversity surveys reveal the presence of 32 species of flora and 43 species of fauna. Recorded species in the project area include the following: Fauna Flora ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES FOR BIODIVERSITY 39 Terrestrial fauna Macaca fascicularis (long tailed macaque, crab-eating macaque) Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter) Crab Sesarma mederi (Meders mangrove crab) Uca vocans (fiddler crab) Scylla serrata (serrated mud crab) Shrimp Alpheaus euphrosyne (common snapping shrimp) Mollusk Paphia undulate (undulated surf clam) Perna viridis (green mussel) Anadara granosa (cockle, ark shell) Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) Fish Boleophthalmus boddarti (Boddart’s goggle-eyed goby) Plotosus lineatus (striped sea catfish) Lates calcarifer (giant seaperch) Scatophagus argus (spotted scat, green scat) Sillago sihama (silver sillago) Bird Ardeola bacchus (Chinese pond heron) Bubulcus ibis (cattle egret) Ardeola speciosa (Javan pond heron) Ardea purpurea (purple heron) Phalacrocorax niger (little cormorant) Himantopus himantopus (black-winged stilt) Larus brunnicephalus (brown-headed gull) Chlidonias hybridus (whiskered tern) Todiramphus chloris (collared kingfisher) Halcyon smyrnensis (white-throated kingfisher) Halcyon pileata (black-capped kingfisher) Halcyon capensis (stork-billed kingfisher) Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher) Haliastur Indus (Brahminy kite) Nectarinia jugularis (olive-backed sunbird) Coracias benghalensis (Indian roller) Rhipidura javanica (pied fantail) Dicaeum cruentatum (scarlet-backed flowerpecker) Centropus sinensis (greater coucal) Copsychus saularis (Oriental magpie robin) Aegithina tiphia (common Iora) Dicrurus leucophaeus (ashy drongo) Eudynamys scolopacea (Asia koel) Liza subviridis (greenback mullet) Egretta sacra (Pacific reef egret) Egretta garzetta (little egret) Casmerodius albus (great egret) Reptile Varanus salvator (water monitor) Rizophora apiculata Rhizophora mucronata Avicennia alba Avicennia marina Avicennia officinalis Lumnitzera racemosa Clerodendrum inerme Hibiscus tiliaceus Thespesia populnea Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Bruguiera cylindrica Bruguiera sexangula Xylocarpus moluccensis Xylocarpus granatum Acanthus volubilis Acanthus ilicifolius Sonneratia ovata Sonneratia caseolaris Sonneratia alba Ceriops decandra Ceriops tagal Derris indica Suaeda maritima Sesuvium portulacastrum Pluchea indica Finlaysonia maritima Nypa fruticans Excoecaria agallocha Phoenix paludosa Heritiera littoralis Acrostichum aureum Acrostichum speciosum
In Celebration of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 84th Birthday Anniversary
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