Thailand has committed to the 30x30 target of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Achieving this target requires monitoring and managing vast stretches of land and water across the country. Communities living alongside terrestrial and mangrove forests are essential to making this happen.
To support this goal, RECOFTC Thailand has launched an initiative that integrates citizen science into capacity development for community forests. The initiative equips community members with the knowledge and practical skills to use accessible scientific tools and methods for forest surveys, biodiversity data collection, forest health assessment and evidence-based community forest management planning.
This set of infographics provides an overview of the capacity development programme, showing how it contributes to biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest resource management. It also highlights the opportunities and benefits the initiative offers for the communities involved and for Thailand’s progress toward its national and international conservation commitments.
