There are 486 projects that match your search.
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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12,578.62
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/08 |
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Effort of civil organization to reverse degradation of a tributary of Mekhong River through preparation and revelation of concerned data and information of environmental degradation paving a way to a sound systematic protection of the tributary ( ... )
emonstration of managing waste water at household
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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9,261.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/16 |
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Its name bestowed by King Rama VI, the Tapi River is one of the major river in Thailand. With its life-supporting function and international significance,the River, 232 km. in length,drains in to International Water no.54-the Gulf Of Thailand/South ( ... )
ea. Throughout history the river and its ecosystem have been providing water for agriculture and fishes for consumption for communities residing in the vicinity.
Especially owing to the modern mode of consumption and the advanced production technology, the quantity of household waste is ever-increasing but environmentally-friendly disposition becomes more difficult. So far, there has been no
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2003
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11,633.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/04 |
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Target population earn their living through farming , especially rice , and for many, off-season migratory labour in cities. Within the last five years and under the promotion of sugar industries in the locality, many marginal areas of paddy field ( ... )
een turned into sugar cane fields. Sugarcane fields are expanding and encroaching paddy fields as well as community forest. In order to secure the yield of sugar cane, pre-selected chemical fertilizer and fungicide/pesticide have been used at a progressive
rate. Apart from these , wildfire is common in dry season. Consequently, the areas of two community forests in the community continuously
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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12,761.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/18 |
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Covering the area of about 326 sq. km., intact and rich in natural resources, Tambol Thai Samakhi is the watershed for both Moon River, a major tributary of the Mekhong River and Bang Pakong River of the Gulf Of Thailand / South China Sea. In 1967, ( ... )
ai government built a highway cutting across the area linking the Northeastern Plateau to the South Eastern Coastal area , prompting flow of people migration in to the area , widespread cash crop plantation and imprudent modern agricultural practice. Machinery and chemical substance have been applied at a progressive rate.
Ten years later, forest concession was granted leading to heavy
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Thailand
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Land Degradation
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2003
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13,056.60
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/12 |
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Residing ,for generations, in and around the Namnao National Conservation Forest, target population has earn their living through natural provision and agricultural practice thus been a part of the ecosystems. However, the consumption of natural ( ... )
ion has increased nearly at a irreversible rate while agricultural practices has totally shifted from traditional way to modernized mono-crops. At an estimate, 95 % of the population practice cultivating short-lived ,mono-crops such as wild paddy, corn, ginger, bean requiring a lot of tilling. Moreover, further encroaching into the forest area has worsened land erosion resulting in
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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10,367.30
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/10 |
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Once rich in natural resources,watershed area of the Nan River at Ban (village) Kiu Muang has been,for generations, playing life-supporting role ,especially in term of self-sufficient agriculture. After five decades of modernization, the area has ( ... )
egraded through unavoidable deforestation chemical substance application and introduction of machinery. There seems to be no regulations to decelerate these land-degrading activities.
Together with community members, the Hug Muang Nan Foundation had developed a project to rehabilitate the degraded land by promoting sustainable land use reducing imminent threats upon the watershed and its
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2003
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7,819.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/07 |
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60 % of the lowland in Tambol Thung of Chaiya District is paddy field while the remaining 40 % is for residential area. Through both areas, four natural water courses run and converge into the Gulf of Thailand at Ao Ban Don.
Agricultural practice ( ... )
location depends ,to a great extent, upon chemical substances, especially, fertilizer, fungicide and pesticide. The excessive chemical run-off eventually seeps into the Gulf of Thailand. In processing paddy, fossil fuel or fire woods have been the sources of energy to reduce the moisture and electricity from grid to run the drying container.
In order to reduce the chemical run-off into the
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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10,360.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/01 |
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Following the advice and notification of the grant allocation from the GEF/SGP Central Programme Management Team and the key action plan set forth in the Country Programme Strategy, the Thailand-GEF/SGP set to launch the implementation of ( ... )
fth year of the operational phase. The GEF/SGP information has been disseminated to target communities throughout the country. In addition, upon requests, the National Coordinator and some members of NSC travelled to meet and discuss face-to-face with groups of NGOs/CBOs who required further clarification.
From August 2002 to the July 2003, the programme has received 61 concept
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2003
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12,402.51
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/03/02 |
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The target location and community are situated in a remote area of northern region of the country without grid connection. Main sources of energy are from burning. In household heating and cooking, fire-woods plays the leading role. In lighting, ( ... )
ity members resort to candles, oil lamps and flashlight. These sources of energy contributed to the global warming phenomenon, subsequent likely climatic variance and disruption of ecosystems. Therefore, introduction of renewable energy technology, especially solar energy, for various application should be promoted, in accordance with geographic, climatic condition and size of system as
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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10,206.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/10 |
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The project location is situated in the vicinity of catchment area of Chee River,one outstanding ibutary of the Mekhong River. Formerly viewed as a hydrologic protection forest area until five decades ago, the national policy has ( ... )
ed cash crop such as tapioca, kenaf and sugarcane along with chemical substance which now becomes necessary and excessive.Forest encroachment for more cultivated land by both small and large farmers had been a serious problem.
Many of the areas become degraded resulting in soil erosion while effect of chemical on human body is noticed. Presently, 80 % of sugarcane field
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2002
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10,596.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/01/11 |
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Demonstration ,capacity-building and awareness raising of communities on rehabilitation of water ecosystems. The main activities include monitoring water quality, establishing garbage banks, producing natural fertilizer, training on fishery laws, ( ... )
sing vegetation. Target population are residents of 36 villages in the lower section of the Huay Luang Creek
( Phone Phisai and Sangkhorm District
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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11,656.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/04 |
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Under the support of Operational Phase 2 , year-2, the foundation had implemented a climate change project with three villages in Chiangmai Province. The project demonstrated the use of renewable energy from solar and biomass as well as ( ... )
nable use of fire-woods in food and traditional medicine processing. The outcome, though not all successful, has led to the emergence of learning process, recognition of local knowledge, development of alternative energy consistent with local livelihood, production system , management of natural resources by CBOs as well as dialogues amongst community networks. As an organization long
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2002
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11,582.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/06 |
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Situated as an integral part of the ecosystems of the Gulf of Thailand/ South China Sea, the
project location is a lowland for paddy, rubber plantation and orchard totaling about 190 ha
where chemicals has been heavily applied. ( ... )
n-off of the chemicals into the Thale Noi and Songkhla Lagoon results in the extinction of about 20 water species. Adverse effect on human health was witnessed. The proposed activities by target communities to produce and apply organic farming, produce chemical-free feed, increase vegetation for carbon sink and apply renewable energy in daily life would
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2002
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11,582.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/07 |
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During the past 15 years the project location which is a portion of a sub-basin of LowerMekhong Basin (Mae Kok Sub-basin)has been degraded through a community economy scheme of the government. Merely allocating lands for indigent ( ... )
tion, the scheme had not prepared nor built the capacity of the population on the area management. This has resulted in deforestation, siltation in many tributaries ,water shortage for agriculture and sudden flood. Depending upon the provision of the area now providing less, communities are living under pressure. The income is far less than the outgo.
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Thailand
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Multifocal Area
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2002
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12,438.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/01 |
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Since January 2000, Thailand GEF/Small Grants Programme?s Operational Phase Year 2 has been providing grants to 46 projects throughout the country. Mostly as demonstration projects, they are of community-based, initiated, planned and managed by ( ... )
ities.
Apart from the monitoring by visits to projects of the National Coordinator and the National Steering Committee during mid-implementation, reports from the grantees and facilitating mechanism like mid-course evaluation workshops , the intensive monitoring ,analysis and documentation of best practices by a third party is necessary to ensure systematically gathering of information
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2002
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13,959.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/01/10 |
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Capacity-building/demonstration of community approaches for the conservation of the river through seminars, training, study tours on the subject of chemical-free agriculture ,garbage management and biogas production. Members of 8 villages in Muang, ( ... )
phung, and Erawan District are target
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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3,243.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/05 |
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Target population are members of the Feed Producing Group ,one of several occupation groups under the Community Enterprise for Self-reliance of Ban Hong Ha. Mostly farmers, they are , especially experienced in agriculture such as hog ( ... )
g , fish breeding and community-based research. Concurrently, the group is conducting a research on financial viability in their own community.
Under current support from the Thai government, the group has aimed to produce feed at three tons per day. The process requires heat for keeping the ingredient at 10 % moisture content. The heat is from the most ready source i.e.
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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8,312.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/01/13 |
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Capacity-building and demonstrating activities in agricultural practice by the reduction of consumption of fossil fuels through the application of renewable energy which include water buffaloes uses in plowing process, sustainable use of fire-woods ( ... )
creasing the use of organic fertilizer. Target population are the residents in 3 villages in 3 districts of Udornthani
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2002
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12,578.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/13 |
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Situated in the central region of Thailand?s Tha Cheen Basin, the project location has been known as a part of rice and water granary of the country. Since 1972, farming practice has been modified from one crop a year to two and more i.e. five ( ... )
crops two years, prompting the introduction of farm machinery and chemical substance.
With such intensive production, the application of chemical fertilizer has gradually increased i.e. from 60-90 kg/ha towards 1982 to 300-450 kg./ha at present time. Application of chemical pesticide is also in parallel intensive. Under the average slope of 1:1,000, the excessive chemical runoff is seeping
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2002
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17,249.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/02/12 |
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The Ing River is an ecological portion of the Mekhong River, the international water No.55. The Ing sub-basin covers an average area of 7,170 sq. km. in Chiangrai and Phayao Province. The most recent preliminary survey revealed the ( ... )
ation of the basin as follows:
1.Unsustainable use of natural resources such as deforestation, forest and wetland encroachment
2.Pollution from land-base activities: chemical run-off from agricultural land and community waste disposal
3.Extinction or reduction of water species due to destructive or intensive fishing methods
4.Outbreak of alien species such as cherry shell, sucker fish, and
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