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Chapters Thai community forests earn Green Globe recognition

Introduction

  1. Foreword
  2. Message from the Executive Director
  3. The year that was
  4. Working towards impact

Ensuring forest landscapes provide climate solutions

  1. Eight forests, six countries and a shared framework for learning
  2. New terms for community forestry in Riau, Indonesia
  3. Community forest groups in Nepal invest in recharge ponds
  4. Moving beyond monoculture in Viet Nam’s coffee farms

Securing rights and inclusive governance

  1. Making forest tenure processes work for women
  2. Planning for forests through participation
  3. Strengthening inclusive governance in Chitwan’s buffer zones

Supporting growth of forest landscape-related businesses

  1. Building a mangrove business around mud crabs
  2. From forest management to forest income
  3. Building stronger coffee businesses in Viet Nam’s Central Highlands

Securing finance for sustainable forest landscapes

  1. Restoring watersheds, one tree at a time

Generating evidence for influence

  1. Chiang Mai’s community forests take ownership of biodiversity data
  2. Building a regional research community
  3. From development site to urban conservation area
  4. Mapping oil palm from the ground up
  5. Thai community forests earn Green Globe recognition

Engaging the public on forest landscape issues

  1. A new generation of forest guardians
  2. Community members map their forests in western Thailand
  3. Peering into curtained forests
  1. Board of Trustees
  2. Our project donors, partners and networks
Tubtim Siam 07 Community Forest in Sisaket province
Generating evidence for influence

Thai community forests earn Green Globe recognition

Sisaket and Nan community forests have been recognized for years of forest stewardship

On 30 April 2025, two community forests in Thailand received national recognition at the 23rd Green Globe Awards, which celebrate outstanding community-led conservation and sustainable development.

Years of community stewardship

Tubtim Siam 07 Community Forest in Sisaket province received a grant of around USD 7,500 (THB 250,000) – its first-ever Green Globe recognition. Ban Huai Had Community Forest in Nan province, managed by the Tai Lue community, received the Sippanon Ketudat Award for Sustainability with a grant of USD 3,000 (THB 100,000).

Drawing on local knowledge and sustained effort, both communities have managed their forests for many years. Tubtim Siam 07 has built a strong record of community stewardship in Sisaket’s Khun Han district. Ban Huai Had has been collecting data on plant species in its forest since 2021.

Community members at Ban Huai Had Community Forest in Nan province

Strengthening biodiversity monitoring

RECOFTC’s contribution to the community forests was specific: adding data analysis to monitoring.

In August 2024, we ran a two-day biodiversity monitoring training session with both communities. Community members learned how to set up sampling plots, systematically record plant and animal species and analyze ecological data for use in forest management planning. For Ban Huai Had, the training expanded existing plant monitoring to include wildlife, providing a more complete picture of forest ecosystem health.

Community members at Ban Huai Had Community Forest in Nan province

The improved biodiversity data and analyses were incorporated into forest management and restoration plans submitted as part of the Green Globe Award process.

“We have always known what forest resources we possessed,” shares Saisamol Paboot, village head of Tubtim Siam 07. “What we didn’t know about were tools like sampling plots that could help us record biodiversity data more efficiently, or scientific methods that could help us assess forest health. We have now incorporated these datasets into our community forest management plan.”

The awards marked a national recognition of work the communities had been doing for years. The strengthened biodiversity monitoring will continue to inform how they manage their forests into the future.

RECOFTC’s work is made possible with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Government of Sweden.