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Defending small reserves: a case study on the role of environmental education programmes in protected area development

Annual Meeting of the ATBC: Asia-Pacifi c Chapter, Phnom Penh, 30 March-2 April, 2015

Sakaerat Environmental Research Station

2015/2558

2002-2012

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Environmental Education; Programmes

Southeast Asia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the tropics. Small-scale reserves can add to protected areas, but are underfunded, leaving them unprotected. We present a case study of a small reserve in Northeast Thailand as a model for incorporating environmental education into planning and development to support small protected areas. To compensate for limited government funding, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (SERS) has developed a sustainable science camp for schools that incorporates conservation and local cultural knowledge. From its inception in 2002 until 2012, the science camp has generated 5,138,624 Thai Baht (156,775 USD) in supplementary budget. The science camp profi ts have provided a constant source of income for the reserve while facilitating the main objectives for the Man and Biosphere Reserve (MBR) Programme: conservation, economic development and logistical research support. The ranger corps has garnered a more substantial budget to deter poaching and illegal logging with the advent of the science camp programme. Three major sustainable development projects have been supported by the science camps to provide an alternative income to poaching for the local community. The SERS infrastructure developed for the science camp also provides greater logistical support for conservation research in this reserve than in the other small MBRs in Thailand. The SERS science camp is already fully booked through 2016, hosting roughly 17,000 students per annum to provide a sustainable longterm income. The potential for small reserves to act as outdoor classrooms should be considered when assessing the costs in designing or reinventing small protected areas.

Crane, M. (2015b) Defending small reserves: a case study on the role of environmental education programmes in protected area development. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2015 (1) 5-97

Colin Thomas Strine(โคลิน โทมัส สไตรน์) Ines Maria Silva(อิเนส มาเรีย ซิลวา) Matthew Crane(แมทธิว เครน) Pongthep Suwanwaree(พงศ์เทพ สุวรรณวารี) Taksin Artchawakom(ทักษิณ อาชวาคม)