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4.3 At  the  policy  level,  the  project  focuses  on  collecting  data  on  the  issues  and  situation  in  order  to  propose  and  drive  for  policy-related  correction  and  management  of  marine  and  coastal  resources  with  various  agencies  such  as  the  Thai  National  Reform  Committee  and  the  Office  of  Natural  Resources  and  Environmental  Policy  and  Planning  (ONEP). 4.4  Collect  data,  work  performance  and lessons  learned  from  the  project,  e.g.  application of  Bio-rights  mechanisms  in  order  to  promote  improved  quality  of  life  in  combination  with  coastal  resource  restoration  in  the  Ban  Don  Bay  area,  Surat  Thani,  for  publication  and  presentation  in  academic  conferences  on  various  occasions. 4.5  Join  with  party  organizations  to  hold  a  seminar  with  the  agenda  “Coastal  Thailand  in  the  New  Decade  of  Sustainability”  in  order  to  be  a  forum  for  exchanging  experiences  among  state  agencies,  NGOs,  academic  experts  and  communities  in  carrying  out  coastal  resource  conservation  and  restoration  activities,  integrating  cooperation  and  managing  disasters. Fig.6  Training  on  ‘Building  Individual  Capacity  for  Mangrove  Restoration’ III.  RESULTS  AND  DISCUSSION From  close  operations  with  the  Ban  Don  Bay  Conservation  Network  (BDCN),  Regional  Mangrove  Management  Office  no.  4  (Surat  Thani),  and  Surat  Thani  Provincial  Fisheries  Office  (DOF),  Surat  Thani  Natural  Resource  and  Environment  Office  (MONRE),  local  administrative  organizations  (TAO)  and  community-base  organizations  (CBOs)  from  seven  districts  surrounding  Ban  Don  Bay  with  the  implementation  of  the  concept  of  Bio- Rights,  at  least  450  rai  or  approx.  72  ha.  of  mangroves  have  been  conserved  and  restored.  This  activity  has  included  restoration  by  planting  mangrove  trees  in  abandoned  shrimp  farms  and  diminishing  mangrove  forests,  for  a  total  area  of  450  rai  with  conservation  of  young  seedlings  in  the  coastal  areas  of  Liled  by  using  the  process  of  consultation  for  the  issuance  of  measures  to  control  fishing  instruments,  such  as  pushing  boats,  trawling  and  shell  dredges  boats,  to  keep  the  aforementioned  from  destroying  young  mangrove  seedlings  over  an  area  of  2,000  rai.  Seedling  grew  during  1997-2006  for  a  total  area  of  2,700  rai  (432  ha)  and  more  seedlings  grew  during  2006-2010  for  a  total  area  of  500  rai  (Fig.7 &  8).  At  the  same  time,  public  sea  space  was  protected  from  occupation  of  groups  of  investors  and  influential  individuals  for  cockle  farming  over  an  area  exceeding  14,000  rai  (2,240  ha).  which  will  be  beneficial  for  fishing  communities  in  Liled  and  nearby  sub-districts. Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the 233 Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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