Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Section I. Setting the Scene
Chapter 1. The Social and Policy Contexts of Environmental Resources
in Thailand
Yongyut Trisurat, Rajendra P. Shrestha and Palle Havmoller
Section II. Physical Environment and Natural Resources
Chapter 2. Socio-Economic Drivers to Land Use/ Land Cover Change in
Nan Province, Thailand
Yongyut Trisurat, Wanchai Arunpraparut and Hiroaki Shirakawa
Chapter 3. Management of Thailand’s Protected Areas with Adaptation to a Changing Environment
Yongyut Trisurat and Palle Havmoller
Chapter 4. Moving Towards Coexistence and Conservation Partnership
Supagit Vinitpornsawan and Jiraporn Teampanpong
Chapter 5. Water Resources Management in Thailand:
Challenges and Opportunities
Nawarat Krairapanond
Chapter 6. Climate Change and Sustainable Groundwater Management
in Thailand
Sangam Shrestha and Phayom Saraphirom
Chapter 7. Future Trends in Energy and Climate Change in Thailand
Vanisa Surapipith and Sopitsuda Thongsopit
Chapter 8. Environment and Health in Thailand: Investigating Epidemiological Trends of Three Infectious Diseases to Infer Scenarios
Serge Morand, Kittipong Chaisiri, Anamika Karnchanabanthoeng and Soawapak Hinjoy
Section III. Governance and Management
Chapter 9. Community Participation in Songkhla Lake
Watershed Management
Shimpei Iwasaki and Benchawan Teerakul
Chapter 10. Adaptive Integrated Lake Basin Management:
The Case of the Songkhla Lake Basin, Thailand
Peter Emmanuel Cookey, Rotchanatch Darnsawasdi,
Chatchai Ratanachai and Mayowa Abiodun Peter-Cookey
Chapter 11. Governance Challenges for the Sustainability of
Marine and Coastal Resources
Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Patricia Moore and Sakanan Plathong
Chapter 12. Institutional Development of Natural Resource Governance in Thailand: The Cases of Forests and Land
Wirongrong Duangjai, Rajendra P. Shrestha and
Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt
Chapter 13. Climate Change Adaptation and Women’s Political Participation in Thailand: An Analysis of Transnational Advocacy Networks
Peggy Spitzer Christoff and Jamie M. Sommer
Section IV. Global Initiatives and Economic Tools
Chapter 14. IPBES Scenarios and Models: Filling the Gaps on
Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services
Yongyut Trisurat, Sunsanee Arunyawat and Rajendra P. Shrestha
Chapter 15. Society’s Preferences for Ecosystem Services from Irrigated
Rice Areas: A Case Study in Northeast Thailand
Somsak Vivithkeyoonvong, Damien Jourdain,
Penporn Janekarnkij, Sylvain R. Perret and Ganesh Shivakoti
Chapter 16. Payment for Watershed Service Schemes in the
Mae Sa Watershed, Thailand
Udomsak Seenprachawong
Section V. Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 17. Toward an Effective Environmental Resources Management
in Thailand
Yongyut Trisurat, Rajendra P. Shrestha and Palle Havmoller
About the Editors
About the Authors
Index