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Enhancing Community Participation in the Lower Mun and Mekong Rivers, Thailand

Grantee Name: Mekong Community Institute Association

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Thailand
Amount
$89,800
Dates
Dec 2024 – Dec 2025
Keywords
Biodiversity mainstreaming, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Fisheries, Freshwater, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Hydropower, Networks, Restoration, Water management

Support communities along the lower Mun and Mekong Rivers to conserve and sustainably manage fish populations through strengthening existing community-managed fish conservation zones, restoring riparian habitats with native plants, and supporting women’s participation in fisheries management. Disseminate scientific and local ecological knowledge to key audiences to promote changes in the operation of the Pak Mun Dam that would benefit fish populations and local livelihoods.

Strategic Direction :

4 Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas

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