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Recycle Bank To Reverse Pollution in Tapi River

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 China Sea. 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 systematic disposal of the waste in these communities.

Realizing the predominant threat, the centre together with NGOs/CBOs , academics, and community schools has initiated the project to reduce the pollution in the Tapi River through building capacity of target population and demonstrating environmentally-friendly agricultural practice and

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Coordinating Centre for Environmental Protection of Surathan

Country:

Thailand

Area Of Work:

International Waters

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 9,261.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 8,668.13

Project Number:

THA/02/16

Start Date:

1/2003

End Date:

1/2004

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

No special planning on gender issue. All groups are provided with equal opportunity.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Target population is indigenous people.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The activities directly link to daily consuming habit of target group, some savings and supplementary income.

Notable Community Participation

The main target group is youth groups who has been active in a government's conservation project. The activities closely involve other community members as well.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project proposed to produce dissemination materials, and launch campaigns to wider audiance.

Capacity - Building Component

There are capacity-building capacity component in good proportion to demonstration activities.

Project Results

Completed final report received on September 13 , 2004 , summarizing following outputs/results:

-Emergence of primary data on consuming habit , attitude and water quality of target population for publicity and reference to concerned agencies

-Students and staff from six schools participating in the capacity-building activities, learning about
the waste in schools and formulating plans for managing the waste

-Emergence of working groups and organizational structure for recycle banks in four schools

-Community members and other stakeholders exhibiting awareness on pollution issues of the river and joining hands for conservation activities

-Two plots of toxic frees , learning curriculum and a handicraft - from - waste - club

-Four sets of tracts , three sets of dissemination materials, and three sets of posters being disseminated in events with other concerned agencies

Participatory Evaluation: (Conducted on April 28-30, 2004)

Participants: Students and staff from four participating schools

Methods:
Meeting among project coordinator, working group , project advisors and students and staff from four participating schools ( 50 persons )to discuss the output/outcome of school recycle activities, strong/weak point, problems/issues and approach, as well as,

Impact:
Apart from the immediate result of activities, the cooperation and support from some community leaders and concerned government agencies had been secured. The agencies had been playing advising roles to the projects and invited the project coordinator to be resources persons on environmental events.

Future Plan:
Tha Kham Municipality volunteered to demonstrate project activities to other municipality in the province to initiate future cooperation in the management of community waste.

Other Observation:
As project target groups were students in schools, the activities were carried out in a rather limited way. Some schools could not be reached by roads but by boats.

Recycle Bank activities in schools were found faring satisfactorily and contributing to reversing waste into the river. More time is needed for ?environmental governance? to take shape.

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