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increase  in  rubber  plantation  (from  7  to  13.3%  of  the  study  area),  while  forest  areas  will  decrease  (60.3  to  54.1%).  Built-up  area,  which  is  at  4.5%  will  expand  to  6.5%.  The  paddy  area  will  slightly  decrease.  Likewise  cassava/ sugarcane  and  corn  also  would  decrease  while  abandoned  area  and  upland  rice  may  slightly  increase.  In  scenario  2  (Integrated  land  use),  the  forest  area  (deciduous,  evergreen,  forest  plantation)  increased  to  64.5%  of  total  area  compared  to  the  present  situation  of  60.3%,  while  agriculture  area  remained  similar  to  that  of  the  present  situation.  Only  upland  rice  area  was  observed  to  slightly  decrease  as  it  causes  high  erosion  and  thus  retaining  less  sediments.  Abandoned  area  significantly  decreased  because  this  scenario  does  not  allow  the  conversion  of  land  in  protected  area.  In  case  of  scenario  3  (Biodiversity  conservation),  there  will  be  substantial  increase  of  forest  cover  from  current  60.3%  of  study  area  to  78.3%.  This  is  because  besides  the  coverage  of  protected  area  at  present  it  also  includes  the  area  to  be  established  forest  for  protecting  ecosystem  services  based  on  the  findings  of  assessing  impact  of  land  uses  on  ecosystem  services.  D.  Changes  in  the  ecosystem  services  The  results  of  the  scenario  1  showed  trend  of  all  four  services  had  negative  change  as  it  showed  slight  declines  in  sediment  retention  and  carbon  stock  and  small  declines  in  habitat  quality,  while  the  trend  of  water  yield  showed  slight  decrease.  In  scenario  2,  the  trend  showed  improvement  in  all  services. Water  yield  had  slight  decline,  while  rest  of  services  had  moderate  increase.  Scenario  3  showed  dramatic  increase  in  three  services,  although  water  yield  had  a  small  increase,  the  trend  stillgoes  in  a  positive  way.  V.  CONCLUSIONS  During  1989-2013,  increase  in  rubber  plantation  mainly  influenced  by  the  government’s  rubber  promotion  scheme  was  the  major  land  use  change,  whereas  the  area  under  paddy,  cassava,  sugarcane,  corn,  and  deciduous  forest  have  slightly  decreased  while  built-up  area  and  upland  rice  have  increased.  No  area  in  the  watershed  retain  very  high  and  intact  ecosystem  services.  Only  two- fifth  of  watershed  is  having  high  ecosystem  services.  Land  use  change  has  influenced  overall  ecosystem  services  during  the  study  period,  together  with  a  variation  in  the  spatial  distribution  and  temporal  change  in  those  ecosystem  services  studied.  Under  ongoing  trend  of  land  demand,  forest  cover  may  decline  in  next  20  years  due  to  demand  for  agriculture  conversion  or  lack  of  policy  enforcement.  Built  up  areas  and  the  encroachment  for  rubber  plantation  will  substantially  expand  while  the  ecosystem  services  at  the  watershed  level  will  decline.  Simulation  results  show  that  encouraging  certain  land  use  can  enhance  ecosystem  services  from  6  to  20%  of  current  situation.  This  implies  proper  land  use  assignments  are  necessary  to  balance  production  and  ecosystem  services  and  thus  achieve  sustainable  development  goals.  REFERENCES 1 Srivastava  P.  and  Kumar  U.  2011.  Growth  in  the  greater Mekong  subregion  in  2000- 2010  and  future  prospects.  Balancing  Economic  Growth  and  Environmental  Sustainability.  Asian  Development  Bank.  2 Minna  H.  2009.  Forest  Conflict  in  Thailand:  Northern Minorities  in  Focus.  Environmental  Management.  43:  381-395.  3 Trisurat  Y.,  Alkemade  R.,  Verburg  P.  H.  2010.  Projecting  Land-Use  Change  and  Its  Consequences  for  Biodiversity  in  142 Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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