Presentation (PDF File) - East Asia Regional Activities

Status of implementation and/or
achievements regarding the ICRI
East Asia Regional Strategy on MPA
Networks in Thailand
Survey for coral recruits
Line intercept transect
method
Survey for coral size
frequency distribution
Survey coral disease
Environmental
parameter
LONG TERM
MONITORING OF REEF
STATUS
Manta-tow survey for reef status
All of these for
identifying and
mapping reef
resilience
LONG TERM
MONITORING OF REEF
STATUS
Ranong province
Coral Reef Habitat Mapping
Year 2013
Phang-nga province
Sites for reef status survey
(Manta-tow survey) in the
Andaman Sea (total reefsurveyed area = 34 sq.km.
Phuket
Reef status in summary
Krabi province
Trang province
Very healthy = 0%
Healthy = 0.2%
Fair = 5%
poor = 35.4%
Very poor = 59.4%
Satul province
Survey sites in
2014
Ranong province
Phang-nga province
Reef area = 30 sq.km.
Phuket
Krabi province
Trang province
Satul province
Survey sites in
2015
Ranong province
Phang-nga province
Reef area = 35 sq.km.
Phuket
Krabi province
Trang province
Satul province
Survey sites in
2016
Ranong province
Phang-nga province
Reef area = 26 sq.km.
Phuket
Krabi province
Trang province
Satul province
Database
www.dmcr.go.th
Challenging issues concern in managing MNP
• How to improve tourism management?
• How to increase marine resources status monitoring
capacity?
Strengthening Andaman Marine
Protected Areas Network is a
partnership project between the Department of National Parks,
Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) funded by the French Development Agency (AFD).
This project seeks to improve the natural resource management
and of three Marine National Parks; Mu Ko Surin, Mu Ko Similan
and Mu Ko Lanta.
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
“Green Fins” and “Reef Guardian” members also contribute to coral
reef monitoring (using Reef Watch method) by providing data
illustrating changes in coral reef health
waterproof note book
Training the dive operators to survey the
reefs and help repair the damaged corals
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
• Smart patrol for marine resources
• waste management
Training on producing
cleaning agent –
nontoxic to environment
Using earthworms to
digest food waste
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
• Smart patrol for marine resources
• waste management
• Renewable energy both Solar and Wind energy to support
communication system and lighting
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
• Smart patrol for marine resources
• waste management
• Renewable energy both Solar and Wind energy to support
communication system and lighting
• producing educational materials for conservation
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
• Smart patrol for marine resources
• waste management
• Renewable energy both Solar and Wind energy to support
communication system and lighting
• producing educational materials for conservation
• installation of mooring buoys
The installation of mooring buoys at three national parks
Activities
• Reef Guardian (in collaboration with Green Fins project)
• Smart patrol for marine resources
• waste management
• Renewable energy both Solar and Wind energy to support
communication system and lighting
• producing educational materials for conservation
• installation of mooring buoys
• evaluation of management effectiveness