Assessment of sustainable utilization of ecosystem services in different stages of mangrove forest restoration at klong khone sub-district, samut songkhram province, thailand
Wipapan Adulcharoen, Kallaya Suntornvongsakul, Yang-Soo Lee
Understanding the function of the ecological restoration of mangrove forests leads to appropriate
sustainable utilization (SU) of ecosystem services (ES) during development stages of mangrove
ecosystem for sustaining the local livelihood and maintaining the mangrove ecological production.
The study aims to identify the SU which was changed relying a development of ES at Klong Khone
(KK) Sub-district, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand. The SU was collected by in-depth interview
with 20 key respondents, questionnaires survey with 140 fishermen and statistical scientific data on
developed mangrove forest areas. Descriptive statistics and event analysis were employed to analyze
the data. The study found that bottom-up management tools based on a local people’s participation
were applied to determine a way of harvest of ES. An application of these local tools including a
common property right, land use zoning, application of local knowledge, human resources, and
financial and technological transfer resulted in different utilizing activities of ES during the
development of mangrove forest restoration stages.Etc...
Keywords
Ecosystem services; Mangrove forest restoration; Sustainable utilization; Community- based participation