Green Coast Project Kuraburi

Background and Goals

Threats:

  • Undefined forest boundaries, forest encroachment and illegal hunting
  • Erosion and sedimentation
  • Pollution, sedimentation and dumping of solid waste into the river mouth
  • Degradation of marine resource and over-fishing
  • Degradation of sea grass beds from upstream pollution and sedimentation 

Goals:

  • Restore damaged ecosystems/degraded habitats
  • Develop sustainable management opportunities such as ecotourism
  • Protect/preserve areas of high ecosystem value

 

Geographic coverage

 Kuraburi District, Phang Nga Province (Southern Thailand)

Duration

2006-2007

Factsheets about the project Maps Toolkit
  • Kuraburi panorama

    Kuraburi panorama

    Photo: IUCN