5. Carbon absorption quantity CPF mangrove project can behelping the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So in the 5th year of strategy, CPF will measure carbon absorption quantity from trees. At this time trees cannot measure carbon absorption quantity because they must be older than 3 years with a height of 1.3 meters and circumference of 0.15 meters. 5. Example of participatory mangrove plantation activities Samut Sakhon Province Samut Sakhon province is the most affected by coastal erosion area because of huge waves and abundant wastes. So, mangrove planting in this area is troublesome. It shows that there cannot be planted any mangroves in this area in the past 10 years. In other words, it is 0% survival rate because of huge waves and abundant wastes. Moreover, bamboo revetments project for coastal erosion protection by government is not supported in this area. But because of local community attention, knowledge of techniques for planting, suitable plant species from department of marine and coastal resources and private sector supporting, the participation of these 3 sectors makes new planted mangroves to establish in the area to protect from coastal erosion. By using indigenous knowledge from artisanal fishery, bamboo and old fish net are used to build temporary barriers surrounding the mangrove area. The result showed that it can protect new planted mangroves by reducing or re-fusing waves and obstructing abundant wastes from coming intothe planting area. And after a year has passed, it showed that survival rate of new planted mangroves was up to 65%. 6. Participation building for sustainable development CPF and local community will participate to develop mangrove project by making incomes into the local community and parts of income will be contributed to the local mangrove protection fund. At the beginning, CPF will s upport local community committee and officers to make a study trip to observe the other strength local communities. After that local community committee and officers will use ideas to develop their mangrove area. Each area must establish mangrove ecosystem learning center and has young local tour guides to share their knowledge about mangrove ecosystem to visitors. Furthermore, it will make young local tour guides love and care their mangrove area. And CPF will establish mangrove protection fund to community for develop the learning center to sustainability. This June 2015, the first learning center is planned to open for visiting at Rayong area. Project development in each area from year 2015-2016 • Rayong: Klu tree plantation (the local community needs Klu leaves for making Klu tea) • Samut Sakhon: Biochar production • Chumphon: Chak sugar production • Songkla: Tanod sugar production • Phang Nga: Plantation of rare mangrove species 7. Success factors From 3 years of strategic implementation showed that the key factors of achievement have 3 points; 1. Defining responsible persons 2. Setting goals and KPIs to make the same direction 3. Monitoring and evaluation for continuous development Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 225 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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