368.5K
hectares of PAs created or under improved management
Thailand
Forests for life: Intact tropical forest landscape conservation in Thailand
Thailand is strengthening the protection and integrated management of primary forest landscape across four target landscapes: Doi Inthanon, Omkoi, Western Thung Yai Naraesuan, and Phanom Dongrak. While most of Thailand’s primary forests fall within the Protected Area network, pressure in surrounding landscape continue to affect long-term ecosystem integrity. The project advances a cross-sectoral landscape approach that addresses the broader drivers of forest loss operating in surrounding areas, strengthening landscape governance, resolving land-use conflicts, and promoting sustainable practices in buffer zones and corridors. Gender equality and ethnic minority inclusion are integrated across all interventions.
Targets and Global Environment Benefits (GEB)
Partners
The project is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and executed by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNP) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) of Thailand.
Led by
Supported by
Our Funding
US $6.7M
GEF investment
US $80.7M
Co-finance
How the project responds
1. Strengthening the enabling environment for inclusive conservation
Strengthening implementation of forest policy and regulatory frameworks to support primary forest conservation, and demonstrating gender-responsive integrated landscape governance that brings together multiple stakeholders and governance systems.
2. Improving Protected Area management
Enhancing management effectiveness and inclusive governance of Protected Areas harboring primary forests, applying best practices for on-the-ground conservation that mainstream gender equality and social inclusivity principles.
3. Strengthening management of primary forest buffer zones:
Resolving land-use conflicts and strengthen management of community-allocated lands inside Protected Areas, while creating multiple-benefit green buffers around villages, and enhancing the ecological functions of production landscapes that buffer Protected Areas and supporting the recognition of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs).
4. Mobilizing sustainable finance and forest-positive livelihoods
Identifying diversified financing streams accessible to women and ethnic minorities, piloting inclusive, gender-responsive carbon financing projects in target landscapes and supporting the adoption of forest-positive livelihood options for communities.