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for mangrove management in the south of Thailand

Local knowledge management

Tanirat Tanawat and Pradit Boonplod tanirat@tei.or.th

Presentation issue:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Research methods
• 3. Finding
• Local knowledge on mangrove management
• Learning process of communities
• Mechanisms and tools
• Factors affected to the learning process
• 4. Summary and Recommendation

for mangrove management in the south of Thailand

Local knowledge management

• 1. Introduction
• the coastal areas is a narrow stripe

laying down from north to south with slopping to the west.

• small communities that settlement and

related closely to the mangrove and their folkway related closely to the mangrove resources

• many of them have changed their main
• ccupation to agriculture, but they do not

have their all-year-long income, their coastal fishery as an additional career

Study site

Thailand

• taken advantage from the mangrove resource

in different ways

– being their household’s food sources for

both plants and aquatic life

– catch aquatic life for sale – use Nypa palm (Nypa fruticans) to sew

together for housing

– take some mangrove flora to be used as

herbal plant

– use woods in the mangrove for shelter

building, local shop and fishing tools

– income source for tourism services

Study site

• 1. Introduction

mangrove became deteriorated impact to the folkway

• f coastal communities

In the 2004 tsunami, Mangrove protect and reduce the serious damage Communities concern

• n the importance of

mangrove

• mangrove concession

(1968-1991)

• The increase of the

shrimp farms, rubber and palm oil area Many organizations promoted and supported the communities Communities decided to participate on mangrove rehabilitation and management supports with local knowledge Government change policies to promoted the community base management

• 1. Introduction

• 2. Research methods
• A. Local Knowledge

“a knowledge, ideas and beliefs accumulated in the community derived from the locals’ experiences as well as their adaption of external knowledge in

• rder to live in harmony with existing

area and resources, also having their development and transfer them from generation to generation.”

define knowledge needed external knowledge application seeking, choose modification create, store internal knowledge written recording public relations Use sharing, learning improve

• B. Knowledge Management
• 2. Research methods

• 2. Research methods
• C. Study site
• Four coastal communities in four

locations along the Andaman Sea in the south of Thailand 1) Baan Bang Hin in Kapur bay 2) Baan Bang Kuay Nok in Naka coastal area 3) Baan Bang Tib in Kuraburi coastal area 4) Baan Muang Mai in Kor Khao island

Kapur bay Kuraburi coast

Kor Khao island

Naka coast

Thailand

• D. Data providers
• The quantitative research as a head or

representative of the household resided or inhabited in the study sites.

• The qualitative research, there were 2 groups

1) the community leader group: head of the village, religious leaders, members

• f the Tambon Organization Authority

and the committee of conservation group 2) the guru group who know a lot about the community’s mangrove.

• 2. Research methods

• E. Data collection
• 2. Research methods

• 3. Findings
• A. Local knowledge on mangrove

management

• divide into three groups

1) knowledge on mangrove ecosystem 2) knowledge on mangrove rehabilitation and conservation 3) knowledge on utilizing mangrove resources.

• each community had a variety of knowledge

as most of them were in similar issues except only some were different.

• Knowledge that communities had in

similar issues

– mangrove ecosystem – utilization from mangrove resources

• Knowledge that communities had in

different issues

– mangrove rehabilitation and

conservation

– utilization from mangrove resources

• 3. Findings

• Knowledge gap or Additional knowledge
• 3. Findings

Mangrove cultivation technique for windbreak Sustainable utilization on mangrove resources Eco-tourism management Increase the volume of aquatic life Strengthening groups and community organizations Development of aquatic life bank

25% 32% 32% 35% 76% 85%

from the surveyed by a questionnaire

• Knowledge gap or Additional knowledge
• 3. Findings

Mangrove cultivation technique for windbreak Sustainable utilization on mangrove resources Eco-tourism management Increase the volume of aquatic life Strengthening groups and community organizations Development of aquatic life bank

from the focus group discussion

• B. Learning process
• Self-learning about mangrove: mostly a self-learning process

that transferred from community’s gurus and external sources

• 3. Findings

20 40 60 80 100

from their own experience from the meeting / training / study tour from ancestors from the Grurus in community from the school

General people Coastal fishermen

• Local communication and know-how

transfer : from the gurus to community members such as

– monthly meeting – every Friday’s ritual ceremony – mangrove rehabilitation activities – youth training and etc., – village broadcasting – small group discussion

• 3. Findings

• some exchanges and knowledge

learning about mangrove from external:

– the local Mangrove Resources

Development Station

– external agencies and organizations – workshops and site visits – received national awards to become a

best practice community

• 3. Findings

Academic Coastal fishermen Groupings within the community Herbal medicine men Religious leaders

• C. Mechanisms and tools
• Internal mechanism
• 3. Findings

Every community some communities Almost all communities

• ne

community

Local researchers

Community networking Local authority organization Mangrove development station Non-profit organization

• External mechanism
• 3. Findings

Every community some communities Almost all communities

• ne

community

• 3. Findings

Internal Factors External Factors

• community leader
• relationship as relative
• area discussion
• To communicate and activity
• connection of religion and education
• conflict of community.
• The new generation have educated
• utside the community
• coordination skill
• Bad attitude to government

department

• external agencies
• communication various way
• supporting the learning resource
• promoting public participation in

coastal resource management.

• Tourism activities and large

development projects

• Supporting as relief fried and reduce

the potential of community

• local staffs are limited capacity
• D. Factors affected to local knowledge management

• 4. Summary and Recommendation

– diverse local knowledge about

mangrove

– self-learning and received knowledge

transfer from local gurus

– supported the external exchange

knowledge by external organization

– have local gurus and a variety of

diverse knowledge transfer

Summary

• 4. Summary and Recommendation

– key internal mechanism on knowledge management as coastal

fishermen, team of local researcher, local conservation groups

– interesting mechanism as the religious leader and academic – key external mechanism as the changes of national policy and

non-profit organizations after the 2004 tsunami

– the community leader, natural and man-made threats that can

become both positive and negative impacts

– external agencies and national policy as it could give a change to

initiate a clear participatory resources management process

Summary

• 4. Summary and Recommendation

– communities should develop their

capacities on collecting, editing and presenting their systematic local knowledge

– religious concepts involved with natural

resources management should be collected

– knowledge exchange particular on any

unique knowledge issues

– should learn more about community's

communication channels development

Recommendation

• 4. Summary and Recommendation

– priority on developing new young

leaders

– promote the youths and communities

to be proud of their local knowledge

– support for local knowledge

management on mangrove management

Recommendation

.

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