the drainage of bad water, chemicals and shrimp farm mud into natural rivers. This not only caused the canals to be shallow, but also affected the entire coastal ecosystem (Food and Agriculture Organization. 1985). Coastal marine life, which was a resource base and source of income for the communities surrounding Ban Don Bay, deteriorated. People who turned to modern shrimp farming faced losses. Some on them even lost their land to financial institutions because they had used the land as collateral for the loan they borrowed to invest in shrimp farming. At the same time, the increased population, effective fishing equipment and diminishing resources have led to fierce competition for resources. In 2004, the Sea Food Bank Project, under the policy of asset-to-capital was a factor that stimulated widespread occupation of the Ban Don coastal areas. The aforementioned occupation reduced the fishing area for the local residents because fishing activities in the shell pens were not feasible, thereby reflecting the injustice of Ban Don Bay resource management. These problems are the inevitable and significant reasons for the inhibition of quality of life of local fishermen. Under the financial support from Mangrove for The Future Project (MFF) administered by IUCN .Wetlands International-Thailand Office (WI-TO), with the cooperation of the Ban Don Bay Conservation Network (BDCN), the Regional Mangrove Management Office no. 4 (Surat Thani), and Surat Thani Provincial Fisheries Office (DOF), organized the project “Reversing Environmental Damage through Community Focused Sustainable Livelihoods in Ban Don Bay, Surat Thani Province, Southern Thailand” with the objectives of: 1) Conserving and restoring mangroves in areas around Ban Don Bay. 2) Developing and using financial innovation to manage and restore mangroves along with the vocational development of communities overseeing the resources. 3) Promoting cooperation among various sectors from the government, academic institutions, private organizations and communities in mangrove management. 4) Promoting knowledge and skills in the management of mangroves and awareness among the people involved at local and national levels, so they value and give importance to sustainable ecosystem conservation. The project was funded by Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and operated from May 2009-September 2011. Fig.1 Remote sensing and geographic Information System (GIS) of Ban Don Bay 228 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
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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