Thailand

Overview

Thailand is one of the most biodiverse countries in Southeast Asia, with unique ecosystems, including mountain ranges, natural and modified wetlands and marine and coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and coral reefs.

Since joining the National Ecosystem Assessment Initiative as a country partner in 2020, Thailand has been developing its assessment approach and putting together a cross-disciplinary team of experts.
Under BES-Net II, the assessment is implemented by Chulalongkorn University. The country receives political support from the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning and technical backstopping from UNEP-WCMC.
Thailand is also a priority country for future catalytic support under BES-Net II’s BES Solution Fund to promote the uptake of national ecosystem assessment recommendations once the process is finalized.

Implementing agency: Maritime Administration Graduate Program (MARAD), Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University

Government partner: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)

Trialogues

Thailand Mini Trialogue Capacity-building Workshop

16 January 2024

- 19 January 2024

Location: Phuket, Thailand

Participating Countries: Thailand

National Ecosystem Assessment

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Embracing Indigenous Wisdom: Thailand’s Multifaceted Approach to their National Ecosystem Assessment

Published on: 9 December 2024

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Legends Save Lives: Why Local Wisdom Matters for People and Planet

Published on: 9 December 2024

Group photo of Thailand Mini Trialogue participants

Thailand National Ecosystem Assessment: Embracing the Trialogue Techniques to Bridge Diverse Sectors and Knowledge Systems

Published on: 7 March 2024

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Video Series: How Sea People Contribute to the Conservation and Management of Coastal Resources in Thailand (EN/TH)

Published on: 3 August 2023

Thailand national ecosystem assessment workshop

Published on: 4 February 2022

Assessing the State of Thailand’s Nature and its Contributions to People and the Economy

Published on: 4 February 2022

BES Solution Fund

Resources

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Thailand National Ecosystem Assessment Scoping Report

This scoping report will cover the state and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES)…

Published on: 13 November 2024View Item

Collaboration and conflict—developing forest restoration techniques for Northern Thailand’s upper watersheds whilst meeting the needs of science and communities

This paper describes an early example of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), which resulted from a…

Published on: 27 January 2022View Item

Factor influencing land degradation sensitivity and desertification in a drought prone watershed in Thailand

This study aimed to assess land degradation sensitivity of an area contributing to desertification risk…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Butterflies in urban parks in the Bangkok Metropolitan region, Thailand

For residents of East-Southeast Asia’s megacities, interactions with “nature” may be largely limited to interactions…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Feeding behavior of the dawn bat promotes cross pollination of economically important plants in southeast Asia

Feedingbehaviour of the dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) promotes cross pollination of economically important plants in…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Conservation of Mangrove ecosystems through the eyes of a production ecologist

This is a review of the mangrove studies conducted in Southeast Asia as a contribution…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Reducing vulnerability to desertiﬁcation by using the spatial measures in a degraded area in Thailand

The process of desertiﬁcation is complex, involving interaction between many factors, both environmental and anthropogenic.…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Habitat and landscape factors influence pollinators in a tropical megacity, Bangkok, Thailand

Pollinators are well known for the ecosystem services they provide, and while urban areas are…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Estimation of genetic diversity and relatedness in a mango germplasm collection using SNP markers and a simplified visual analysis method

Mango is a globally important tropical fruit but lacks genomic tools to support cultivar identification…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Human-elephant conflict in western Thailand: Socio-economic drivers and potential mitigation strategies

Understanding human-wildlife conflict is an important first step in the conservation of highly endangered species…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Mangrove Carbon Estimator and Monitoring Guide

Mangroves exist in the inter-tidal zone of sheltered tropical and subtropical coasts, and in Southeast…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Financing for Mangrove protection with emphasis on Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam

This publication was prepared for ‘Income for coastal communities for mangrove protection’ project (2015-2016) which…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Mangrove related policy and institutional frameworks in Pakistan, Thailand and Viet Nam

This study provides an overview of policy and institutional frameworks for mangrove management in Pakistan,…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

Resilience assessment desktop case studies in Thailand and Niger

This report is an accompaniment to the main report that describes a Resilience, Adaptation and…

Published on: 9 October 2021View Item

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Thailand’s National Ecosystem Assessment Platform

Published on: 2 June 2024View Resource