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Outcomes of State- vs. Community-Based Mangrove Management in Southern Thailand

In Thailand, mangrove forests are claimed for state management, although it is widely recognized that coastal communities access and manage those forests. Skepticism persists within Thai government circles about whether coastal villages can sustainably manage and protect mangroves. This research presents evidence of successful mangrove conservation and management by two coastal villages in Trang province, southern Thailand. Using interdisciplinary methods including interviews, discussions, quantitative forest surveys, and institutional analysis, the authors describe the history of how these two communities gained rights to manage the mangrove forests, and the subsequent positive biological outcomes associated with their management.

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Ecological services
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Logging and timber
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Thailand
Copyright Yes
Access and use constraints

Copyright © 2008 by the author(s). Published here under license by The Resilience Alliance. Permission to redistribute granted by Dr. Edward L. Webb.

Version / Edition N/A
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Co-author (individual) Chanyut Sudtongkong and Edward L. Webb
Publication date 2008
General note

http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art27/

Keywords V4MF,FLEGT,Ecology,Collective Action,Forest Management,Sustainability,mangrove
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Date modified October 11, 2018, 05:28 (UTC)