activities that will be accomplished by students. Generally they lack a good toilet system. Therefore, the toilet equipment for all families and litter bins made of bamboo for plastic litter cleaning were arranged. Now they are following this practice such as using litter bins and toilet units. III. RESULTS The results show three different aspects: Biodiversity conservation practices; Socio- economic practices; and Agroforestry practices in this conservation steward program. 1. Biodiversity Conservation As the Chin villagers themselves are skilled trackers, can recognize animal track and signs well, and have a thorough understanding of local wild flora and fauna, it was easy to train the people to do surveys of elephants and other large mammals. They also have become good patrollers for RYES together with better relationship between sanctuary and FD staff to monitor wildlife and deter hunters while at the same time establishing the basis of a cost- effective monitoring system. Participation in anti-poaching and mitigation of human-elephant conflict (HEC) are active and as a very good result, the Chin people had already sold their hunting dogs and stopped hunting because the key to the survival of wildlife species in RYES is preventing the entry of hunting dogs. In addition, some wildlife appears to be relatively abundant and number of illegal poaching elephants is decreased year by year in RYES. In 2013, BBC team consisted of many scientists selected our project site for film making on wild elephant and other wildlife, and the team used Chin people which FOW supported as local field experts. 2. Socio-economics The Chin people’s livelihood style started to change through improved capacity building in terms of knowledge, attitude, behavior, practice, project management, agro- forestry, and communication and facilitation skills as well as awareness improvement on issues of sustainable natural resource management and environmental protection. Generation of income for Chin families already became different from the past and is now getting through CF establishment, crop plantation and livestock farming rather than illegal hunting wildlife in RYES. Better and sustainable education system for Chin children supported by this program and Basic Education Department put a stop to children becoming hunters in future and child labor in restaurants. Education is humanity’s best hope and most effective means to achieve sustainable development (Educating for a Sustainable Future, UNESCO report, 1997). 3. Agro-forestry The Chin who never had any land got official permission to live there for 30 years through land tenure certificates by FD together with community forest plantation; high-value timber plantation and watershed plantation. Moreover, they are now familiar with agroforestry works as they became to know that sustainable agroforestry generates income and helps to protect the environment. 4. Challenges There were two major challenges : 1) the first one was all bamboo forest flowered and died in 2010-2011. Then many rats came out and destroyed the crops in southern Rakhine Yoma. It was a natural disaster. All Chin families loss their crops and money saved. Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 165 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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