Our Collective Works
The knowledge and experience in coastal resource management of the foundation were accumulated more than 30 years by learning and working in this area since the establishment of the Coastal Resources Institute. Prince of Songkla University in 1989. The integration of knowledge and transferred knowledge to society in various forms are the strength of the organization. This marks the beginning of the organization in the field of coastal resource management by assembling a research team to build strength in coastal resource management and working with universities and organizations from the United States and Europe. The foundation developed the knowledge of coastal resource management from the Pak Phanang watershed area, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. This is called a real learning area (living laboratory) that can be transferred or exchanged with other areas or neighboring countries. Foundation’s expertise Works that demonstrate the foundation’s specific expertise in coastal and marine resource management including mangrove rehabilitation and management as well as coastal community management.
Mangrove Rehabilitation and Management
– Mangrove reforestation and community-based management in the target areas of Songkhla and Pattani provinces.
– Coastal resources management and mangrove rehabilitation in Kampot, Cambodia.
– Marine ecosystem management project for the Myeik Islands, Bay of Bengal
– Comparative analyses of coastal components (mangroves, seagrass meadows, and fringing corals) and key processes (system metabolism, nutrient cycling, sedimentation rate, light penetration) of coastal zones along a gradation of contrasting siltation rates to examine the long-term and instantaneous responses of coastal ecosystems
Coastal Protection
– Community-based mangrove forest and coastal resource management emphasizing the use of local wisdom in creating bamboo ridges and mangrove planting by the local community to prevent coastal erosion in Thasak Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province This was an operation to develop the potential for coastal erosion prevention by the community.
– Coastal protection by constructing bamboo fences following by mangrove planting of Khlong Tamru, Chonburi Province.
Integrated Coastal Zone Managment : ICZM
– Create a mechanism for the participation of those involved in coordinating the promotion of careers and income in the Pak Phanang watershed area.
– Wetlands Alliance Program (WAP). The project areas were in the countries surrounding the Mekong River Basin. The purpose of the project was to reduce poverty and increasing stability in terms of food for people in the communities.
– Create a management plan for marine and coastal resources to be a wetland area of international importance (Ramsar Site) in Ko Kra Village, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Fishery
– Coastal and fisheries resources management and mangrove rehabilitation in Phulong Tonton Island, Kho Song District, Tanawasi Province, Union of Myanmar.
– Restoration of abandoned shrimp ponds in the salt-water zone of the Pak Phanang Basin by initiating the hatching of sea crab larvae and aquatic species and returned them to nature (Crab Bank).
– Strategies and Options for Increasing and Sustaining Fisheries and Aquaculture Production to Benefit Poor Households in Asia
learning Center Development
– Development of a learning center for integrated aquatic weed management by renovating the existing water hyacinth disposal plant in the area of the Pak Phanang Basin.
– Development of the Chaloem Phrakiat Mangrove Forest Learning Center at Ban Hua Khao, Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province. The project center is defined as a living nature museum.
Coastal Eco-tourism
– Management of coastal resources, mangrove rehabilitation and create community careers based on a self-sufficient way of life consistent with the use of resources in Suan Thuy National Park, Quan Nam, Vietnam.
What we care for
Adaptation to climate change and rising sea levels of community in small island areas
The use of science and technology for learning at the community level that is linked to the international level
