Ecosystem Services of a Wetland in the Politically Unstable Southernmost Provinces of Thailand

Ainee Aedasong; Saowalak Roongtawanreongsri; Sukree Hajisamae; David James

doi:10.1177/1940082919871827

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Ecosystem Services of a Wetland in the Politically Unstable Southernmost Provinces of Thailand

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Ecosystem Services of a Wetland in the Politically Unstable Southernmost Provinces of Thailand

Ainee Aedasong, Saowalak Roongtawanreongsri, Sukree Hajisamae and David James

Tropical Conservation Science, Vol.12, pp.1-14

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082919871827

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Abstract

wetlands

ecosystem services

value

southernmost

politically unstable

This study aims to answer questions about the importance and utilization of wetland provisioning ecosystem services (ES) in the disturbed southernmost provinces of Thailand, calling for the need for sustainable wetland management. Generally, natural resources management in the unrest area has been neglected because security-related policies have usually received higher priority. The study surveyed a sample of 328 households to explore the types and importance of provisioning wetland ES that have value to the local people. The statistics used to analyze data are percentage, mean, standard deviation, and calculation of the value of provisioning ES. Quantitative data were presented to a participatory workshop of 22 stakeholders to explore guidelines for wetland management. The results indicate that wetland plays a vital role in the livelihood of the local community by providing a variety of provisioning ES. Nine of the 13 ES addressed in the study were perceived as important to very important by the local people. Based on the guidelines provided by the stakeholders, an initial strategy has been formulated in the study.

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Title: Ecosystem Services of a Wetland in the Politically Unstable Southernmost Provinces of Thailand
Authors: Ainee Aedasong (Author) - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Saowalak Roongtawanreongsri (Author) - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Sukree Hajisamae (Author) - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
David James (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Tropical Conservation Science, Vol.12, pp.1-14
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1177/1940082919871827
ISSN: 1940-0829
Copyright note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451370002621
Output Type: Journal article