(UN Day Celebration, Rural Thai school helps UN to localize Global Goals in underprivileged communities)
A nation's commitment to their environmental conservation can reflect their attitude towards creating cities and communities that provide sustainable infrastructures. With long-lasting future goals, Thailand is on the cusp of becoming a model of green building in Asia.
In alliance with the new localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Thailand celebrated their partnerships with a rural school and with surrounding communities. In 2008, Mechai Pattana School was founded by popular activist Mechai Viravaidya who is fostering a learning environment that promotes methods sustainability and environmental conservation. To enroll no monetary fee is required instead students must plant 800 trees and take part in 800 hours worth of community service.
Thailands implementation of the SDG I chose, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, can be seen with their projects that address waste management, water management, environmental conservation, and clean energy (Kummetha, 2019). To localize these efforts, Mechai Pattana School has become a vision of inspiration for social and economic advancements for villagers. With the help of workshops, both students and villagers come together to reflect on which goals are pertinent to their village.
(Conserving Habitats for Globally Important Flora and Fauna in Production Landscapes)
Regarding environmental preservation, multiple organizations have banded together to implement the project titled “Conserving Habitats for Globally Important Flora and Fauna in Production Landscapes” (IUCN, n.d.). With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-GEF5, organizations such as The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) and the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) plus more were able to implement this five-year initiative.
This joint project aims to conserve the habitats of endangered species such as the spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), water lily (Crinum thaianum), and Eastern sarus crane (Grus antigone sharpii) (IUCN, para. 2). The addition of the proposed policies and guidelines that call for the protection of the threatened species through improved management of critical habitats in production landscapes. This issue orinates from the rapid urbanization Thailand is experiencing, as they become the model of the potential it is important that national policies and strategies are strengthened to conserve habitats that are at risk.
References:
IUCN. (n.d.). Conserving Habitats for Globally Important Flora and Fauna in Production Landscapes. Retrieved on October 17. 2020 from: https://www.iucn.org/asia/thailand/countries/thailand/conserving-habitats-globally-important-flora-and-fauna-production-landscapes
Kummetha, T. A. (2019, October 24). Rural Thai school helps UN to localize Global Goals in underprivileged communities. United Nations: Thailand. Retrieved on October 17. 2020 from: https://thailand.un.org/en/50834-rural-thai-school-helps-un-localize-global-goals-underprivileged-communities
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