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4.  Community Members  can  use  the  school’s  botanical garden  as  recreational  area  and  life-leaning  site,  learning  from  school  students’  exhibition  and  publication  in  different  occasions.  This  way  the  community members  realize  the  value  of  biodiversity  and  nature,  yielding  collaboration in  conserving  local  trees  and  better  care  for  the respective  community’s  environment. Today,  biodiversity  conservation  efforts led  by  the  students  are  replicated  in  other  landscapes  in  Chiang  Rai  Municipality  areas.  The  students  and  their  teachers  are  the  main  mechanism  to  push  this  conservation  forward  and  promote  its  success  to  the  public.  Eight  schools  affiliated  with  Chiang  Rai  Municipality have  adopted  the  biodiversity  conservation  ini t iat ives  and  implemented  thei r   own  environmental  related  projects  in  the  schools.  In  addition,  environmental  education  and  biodiversity  conservation  are  officially  integrated into  eight  thematic  subjects  of  the  Chiang  Rai  Municipality  School  5  curriculum.  The  school  may  become  a  place  for  best  practice  of  biodiversity  conservation  by  the  students  with  the  support  of  the  municipality,  local  communities  and  provincial  government  agencies. One  of  the  success  factors  is  the  participation  from  every  sector  and  the  strong  sense  of  city  communal  ownership.  It  starts  from  the  society’s  family  and  school,  and  expands  to  the  community  as  a  whole.  The  municipality  has  won  honorable  awards  and  that  proves  Chiang  Rai  Municipality  has  enhanced  economic  and  social  development  in  line  with  natural  resource  and  environmental  development,  in  accordance  with  sustainable  development  principles. Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the 221 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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