Thailand: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop
27 to 29 November 2023

Thailand

The Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Training Series: Workshop on Wetland Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions -- Thailand, was co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and BirdLife International, in partnership with Thailand’s Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) and the Birds Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST). The workshop aimed to enhance the institutional capacity of governments and stakeholders to understand wetland values across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

The workshop's objective was to strengthen the capacity of wetland managers, policymakers, and conservation practitioners for sustainable wetland management through an in-depth understanding of wetland ecosystem services and how to assess them. The ecosystem service assessment process involved stakeholder consultation and engagement to gather consensus on site boundaries for priority wetlands in Thailand, habitat types, provision of ecosystem services, drivers of change, and addressing challenges at the site level.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Day 1 Opening Welcome Remark from ADB Anouj Mehta, Thailand Country Director
Day 1 Opening Welcome Remark from EAAFP Secretariat Jennifer George, Chief Executive
Day 1 Opening Welcome Remark from BirdLife International Vinayagan Dharmarajah, Regional Director (Asia)
Day 1 Opening Keynote Address from the Government of Thailand Jittinun Ruengverayudh, Director of Biodiversity Management Division, Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)
Introduction Objectives of the Workshop Khwankhao Sinhaseni, Executive Director, BCST
Introduction East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Regional Flyway Initiative: Quick Overview
This presentation provides an overview of the Regional Flyway Initiative which aims to mobilize $3 billion of investment in wetland protection and…
Duncan Lang
Introduction Regional Flyway Initiative: Workshop Introduction
A background on the world’s flyways and the work of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) is presented together with the key…
Ding Li Yong
Session 1 Introduction to Ecosystem Services
This presentation introduces the key concepts of ecosystem services and assessment that can contribute to better biodiversity conservation and…
Kelvin Peh
Session 2 Introduction to the Tools for Assessing Ecosystem Services
This presentation discusses the various tool used in ecosystem services assessment such as Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES) and…
Stefano Barchiesi
Session 3 Carbon Biomass Estimates Using Remote Sensing
This presentation gives an overview of the storage, emissions, and sequestration of carbon in wetlands and how remote sensing can be used to estimate…
Radhika Bhargava
Session 3 Coastal Protection and Water-related Services of RFI Sites in Thailand
The preliminary results of the site-based and modelling-based assessments of coastal protection and water-related ecosystem services in the RFI sites…
Stefano Barchiesi
Session 4 Introduction to the Preliminary Scoping Appraisal of the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment
This presentation elaborates the preliminary scoping appraisal for ecosystem services of wetlands with the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based…
Evelyn Piña-Covarrubias
Group Breakout 1 and 2 Preliminary Scoping Appraisal
Day 1 Closing Summary of the Sessions Gary Allport, Advisor to the CEO, BirdLife International
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Day 2 Opening Recap of Day 1 Khwankhao Sinhaseni, Executive Director, BCST
Group Breakout 3 Alternative State of RFI Sites
Session 5 Nature-based Solutions and the Wetland Management in Japan
This presentation gives case studies of nature-based solutions (NbS) in Japan including disaster risk reduction and ecotourism which benefits not…
Kaoru Sakai
Group Breakout 4 Project Ideas on Nature-based Solutions
Session 6 Stakeholder Analysis and Capacity Needs Assessment
Wetland stakeholder analysis involves mapping of the different stakeholders and their roles in wetland management and explores the potential future…
Billy Fairburn
Group Breakout 5 Stakeholder and Capacity Needs Assessment
Day 2 Closing Group Reporting and Open Forum
Day 2 Closing Workshop Preliminary Results Evelyn Piña-Covarrubias, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Southampton
Day 2 Closing Workshop Synthesis Karen Ochavo, Environment Officer, Asian Development Bank
Day 2 Closing Closing Remarks Wanlop Preechamart, Director of Policy and Mechanism Implementation Section, Biodiversity Management Division, ONEP

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Duncan Lang
  • Karen Ochavo

ADB Organizer/s

  • Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Topics

  • Environment
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Capacity Development