This project aims to enhance biodiversity conservation in Thailand's community forests, which comprise six per cent of the country's forested areas and are vital for national and regional biodiversity conservation. Implemented in partnership with the Zoological Society of London and funded by the Darwin Initiative, this two-year project focuses on increasing capacities and incentivizing biodiversity conservation for 20 community forests (CFs), with potential for national and regional upscaling.

Key activities include training communities and CF networks to assess and manage biodiversity elements in their CFs and developing pathways to benefit from biodiversity conservation. The project builds capabilities for improved policies and systems, enhances community-level capacities for biodiversity assessment, monitoring and reporting and improves livelihoods through sustainable biodiversity use. This initiative contributes to Thailand's efforts to meet the '30x30' target of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework while opening new opportunities for community forests to gain recognition and financial support.