Marine Science Conference 2010

28 -30 June 2010, Royal City Hotel, Phuket, Thailand

Marine Biodiversity in Thailand: Challenges and Opportunities

Phuket woman group from “Food from Mangrove” project made dessert with intergradient of mangrove seed for participants.

MFF-TH/Siriporn Sriaram

MFF Thailand

MFF Thailand at Marine Science Conference 2010

To promote the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 and showcase MFF work in

Thailand. This conference led by Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR)

together with other 16 organizations. The event was held in Phuket during 28-30 June 2010.

The participation of MFF in this conference was planned and endorsed by National

Coordinating Body of Mangroves for the Future Thailand (NCB).

MFF occupied a booth for 3 days to display posters from different projects (two large projects

and posters from BMZ) and disseminate brochure and other communication products.

On the last session of the conference on the 30th June 2010, MFF host the seminar forum

and invited traditional dance play by school students from Nakorn Srithammarat.

Objective of the seminar

To promote the work of MFF on the partnership based approach to conserve coastal

biodiversity for sustainable livelihood of coastal communities.

Target Group

Government officials, NGOs, Academia, Researcher, practitioner, private sector

(Total 470 registered participants)

Outputs

1. Showcase MFF work at national forum.

2. Public awareness of communities based conservation

3. Networking and sharing knowledge among of NCB members, practitioner, local

representative, NGOs, Academia who working in coastal issue.

KNOWLEGDE

FOR

THE FUTURE

28-30 June 2010

Team up - MFF Thailand, IUCN TH, Wetlands International Thailand Office (WI-TO),

Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF)

The booth, there were more than 20 booths from various organizations presented at the

conference. MFF occupied the space of 5x7 m2. There were number of visitors at MFF booth

(approx 160 individuals).

There were posters from two MFF large

projects “Reversing Environmental Damage

through Community Focused Sustainable

Livelihoods in Surat Thani province,

southern Thailand” by WI-TO (left)

and “Ecosystem-Based Integrated Coastal

Resource Management through Multi-Stakeholder

Participation in Southern Thailand” by SDF (right)

Knowledge products from

“Coastal ecosystems

rehabilitation and conservation

in Thailand (BMZ)” were

displayed and received great

attention from visitors.

Posters “Water lily and impact from canal dredging”

NCB member

Invited speakers from Small Grant Krabi: Planting Pandanus for mangrove conservation

The seminar session on 30th June 2010, Grand balloon, Royal City Phuket

Ms. Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, Director of Sustainable Development Foundation and one of

the NCB member was facilitated the one hour seminar “success from partnership in coastal

conservation: case studies from Mangroves for the Future”

The were six invited speakers;

Ms. Srichan Monrakkharom, Social and Environment Manager, The Evason and Six

Senses Hideaway, Hua Hin (Private Sector engagement-MFF Pranburi project)

Mr. Sakkamol Sangdara, Save Andaman Network, Trang (SDF large project partner)

Mr. Wisut A-lhi, Secretary to Tha Sala Tambon Administrative Organization (SDF large

project stakeholder)

Mr. Piset Pandam, Phang-Nga Network (SGF grantee)

Mr. Pisit Thongkong, Krabi Conservation Group (SGF Grantee)

Mr. Somsak Piriyayotha, Mangrove Specialist, Department of Marine and Coastal

Resources

Prior to the seminar, MFF organized special performance “Li-gae Hoo-Loo: Traditional Dance

and Singing” by Baan Nai Tung School, Nakorn Srithammarat.

MFF also invited Woman Group from Phuket to make the dessert for the participants at the

conference. One of the intergradients of the dessert was made of the propagules of

Bruguiera cylindrica

Dessert made of propagules of Bruguiera cylindrica

(left) Mr Chanyuth Tepa, NCB member from Raks Thai Foundation and woman group from

Phuket who prepare the special dessert.

Mangroves for the Future - Thailand

Communication material (Shirt and USB) were distributed to the participants and the

Pandanus product handmade from Small Grant were given and received much appreciation

by the participants.

Next step – Documenting and integrate the lesson learns from

the small grants and large grants and sharing…