The Third Annual Coastal Forum: Report on the Proceedings Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Coastal Southeast Asia (BCR)

The Third Annual Coastal Forum: Report on the proceedings Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Coastal Southeast Asia (BCR)

Peter Langdahl, Alec Ansusinha and Ria Sen

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About the Building Coastal Resilience project

The EU-funded project ‘Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Coastal Southeast Asia’ (BCR) works to strengthen the ability of local governments and people to plan for, and adapt to, future climate risks in eight coastal provinces between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok. It is implemented by IUCN in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), and the Viet Nam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI).

BCR has held Annual Costal Forums in 2012 and 2013 in Thailand and Viet Nam. This 2014 (and final) Coastal Forum was held in Cambodia. The 2012 Coastal Forum was very much about understanding climate scenarios, approaches to vulnerability assessments and identification and selection of pilot activities. The subsequent 2013 Coastal Forum enabled the sharing of experiences, key challenges, and lessons learnt in the selection and initial implementation of pilot projects. It started to facilitate the exchange of good practice in climate change adaptation along the coastal zone extending between Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam, including mangrove restoration and management; spatial coastal planning; erosion management; livelihood diversification; and community rights on natural resource management. Exposure to key issues in the field was facilitated through site visits.

This year’s 2014 Forum brought together just over 200 representatives from local communities, NGOs, government agencies, as well as academia and media persons from Viet Nam, Cambodia and Thailand to update the sharing and learning from their experiences in further implementation and finalization of the pilot activities implemented by BCR and our partners in 5 key thematic areas – Coastal Zone Resilience; Livelihood Resilience; Ecosystem Resilience; Gender and Governance; as well as the role of media and communicating climate change and disaster risk reduction. Presentations and discussions highlighted key lessons learnt and recommendations for both practitioners and policy-makers (including scale-able solutions); as well as challenges remaining to be addressed.

Once again the use of locally produced videos in presentations was extremely effective, and the ability of local people with no formal training to stand up and present their activities to an audience of 200 people was inspiring. Finally the endorsement of the Preah Sihanouk Declaration by all the participants provided a vehicle to continue take forward the work started in this initiative. We can all feel proud of being part of the “BCR Family” and the progress we have achieved so far.

Robert Mather Director, Southeast Asia Group IUCN

Table of contents

Opening session ...... 5

Thematic group 1: Coastal Zone Resilience...... 8

Thematic group 2: Livelihood Resilience ...... 13

Thematic group 3: Ecosystem Resilience ...... 15

Thematic group 4: Gender, Governance and Climate Change ...... 18

Thematic group 5: Media and communicating change ...... 24

Closing session ...... 27

BCR Field Visits ...... 30

Appendix ...... 38

Appendix 1: Agenda ...... 38

Appendix 2: Press Release ...... 43

Appendix 3: The Preah Sihanouk/Kampong Som Declaration ...... 45 Appendix 4: Media coverage of the Coastal Forum ...... 48

Appendix 5: Participant list ...... 50

Day 1

Opening session

Welcome speech by H.E. Chhin Sengngoun, Deputy Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province

H.E. Chhin Sengngoun welcome the Coastal Forum

H.E. Chhin Sengngoun gave everyone a warm welcome and expressed his delight at the selection of Sihanouk Ville as the venue for hosting the Third Annual BCR Coastal Forum. Speaking about Preah Sihanouk, he stated that over one million people live in this province which possesses mangrove forests, natural gas reserves, minerals and wetlands—all very important for tourism and economic development. In particular, the increase in population and greater population density have lead to immense stress on the environment, resulting in land and soil degradation, which is impacting livelihoods as well as water security and demands for food and energy. He then summarized the threats that climate change will bring to this region, including sea level rise and soil erosion, which will be especially critical in a vulnerable developing country such as Cambodia. H.E. Chhin Sengngoun finished by expressing his hopes that the BCR Coastal Forum will be beneficial for enabling the sharing of regional experiences across Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.

Welcome and opening remarks by Dr Robert Mather, Head of the Southeast Asia group, IUCN

Dr Robert Mather began by talking about climate change as a new development challenge, which is an ever-present issue with far-reaching effects. This, he said, is at the heart of the BCR project—understanding specific climate risks and undertaking steps to address them. Now at the end of its four-year lifetime, the results from the BCR project will act as the points for enabling future actions. He ended by expressing his appreciation to the European Union (EU) for their funding support, and shared his excitement for the Coastal Forum from which he was keen to learn about the on-the-ground developments in the BCR project.

Dr Mather opening the BCR Coastal Forum

Opening remarks by H.E. Chay Samith, the delegate of the Royal Government of Cambodia in charge of the General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection, the Ministry of Environment

H.E. Chay Samith welcomes6 participants

H.E. Chay Samith opened his speech by giving all the participants a very warm welcome to Cambodia. He then proceeded to talk about the great challenge of climate change. In support of this, he explained how coastal populations’ high reliance on fragile ecosystems and their low capacity for resilience has left them highly vulnerable, and that for these reasons, the areas have been the focus of joint efforts led by the Ministry of Environment and other agencies for better adapting to climate change impacts. He also highlighted the efforts aimed at building capacity, raising awareness, and implementing more effective disaster response strategies. He thanked everyone for their attendance and the implementing partners for their support, and also shared his belief that this would be a very productive conference.

Presentation of the draft version of Preah Sihanouk Declaration to the plenary by Mr Jonathan Shott, Project Manager and Disaster Management Consultant at the Sustainable Development Foundation Thailand (SDF).

Mr Jonathan Shott introduced the Preah Sihanouk Declaration by describing it as a short summary of learnings on climate change resilience-building undertaken in the course of the BCR project, and the most important recommendations that emerged from this. He proceeded to go through the document, while carefully explaining each section and its contents to the participants, so that everyone would have the chance to suggest revisions and changes at a session the following day. He further explained the structure of the declaration with its six sections: Coastal zone resilience, livelihood resilience, ecosystem resilience, diversity and equality, governance and policy, gender, and media and communications – much like the structure of the conference agenda.

Press conference

The BCR panel answering7 press queries

Thematic group 1: Coastal Zone Resilience

Sub-theme 1: Erosion and Restoration There were four presentations under this sub-theme, introduced by Dr Andrew Wyatt, the Mekong Delta Programme Manager at IUCN Viet Nam.

Mangrove ‘Bioshield’ Restoration and Management for protection against storms, increased wave action, and sea level rise.

By Mr Vinal Boonlom, Head of the Mangrove Resource Development Station no. 45, Dan Kao

Mr Vinal Boonlom explained the objective of the BCR pilot project’s activities in Trat has been to prevent coastal erosion and improve the conditions for mangrove growth by constructing ‘bioshields’. The Bioshield Restoration Project in Trat encompasses Mueang District and the upper portion of Khlong Yai District. These ‘bioshields’, he explained, were built with nets and bamboo poles. Their main functions are to retain eroded sediment, which would otherwise be lost to the sea, and also to reduce wave energy. These factors will result in better circumstances for the spread of mangroves in the coastal area. Mr Boonlom added that this project focuses on restoring dwellings in areas that have been made uninhabitable due to rapid coastal erosion and climate change impacts. It also seeks to assess the usefulness of mangrove forests in coastal environments and for building the community’s resilience. The objective is to enhance the community’s understanding of the benefits from mangrove plantation, guarding against further deforestation, and collecting data on the mangrove area. The project has seen successes in terms of planting large low-density areas of mangrove, which can be designated as protected areas. The areas would become denser as trees grow, and act as natural nursery stocks, lowering maintenance costs in the future. Adding to this, Mr Boomlom said that the project’s public awareness campaign, with its easy-to-remember slogan, was effective in protecting female crabs for sustaining the crab population.

Building coastal resilience in Binh Son Commune, Hon Dat District, Kien Giang Province By Mr Luu Thanh Nghia, Head of the Kien Giang Administration of Seas and Islands (KASI), DoNRE Kien Giang

Mr Nghia speaking about Binh Son

Mr Luu Thanh Nghia started by introducing Binh Son Commune as an area with a large mangrove forest of 173 hectares, but coastal erosion is a major threat faced in this area. Mr Nghia added that the Commune is highly dependent on fishing, and its residents possess low levels of education. Challenges include saltwater intrusion, soil erosion, a lack of freshwater, as well as the loss of mangroves and other forested areas. With support from the BCR project, Melaleuca wood fences were constructed in the sea to dissipate the force of the waves. It was found that about 40 centimetres of sediment and mud built up around the shore over a period of 9 months. The project has demonstrated that fences are allowing the mangroves to regrow and strengthen.

One of the focuses of the project has been to raise awareness—accomplished through several efforts such as the use of a loudspeaker system broadcasting messages, disseminating banners and posters, providing training sessions for communications, and holding meetings with students and the wider community to raise awareness and build understanding. Other project outcomes were presented through video and depicted the creation of sanitation facilities, the construction of fences and the planting of mangroves to curtail erosion. Project leaders conveyed that the importance of their success lies in solutions that are simple and transferable. Coastal communities can adapt the design of fences and use different materials that fit best with their supplies and needs.

Coastal protection using Melaleuca fences for erosion control and mangrove development By Mr Phan Van Hung, Director Hon Dat Kien Ha Forest Management Board and Mr Huynh Huu

To, Technical Officer, GIZ ICMP (Integrated Coastal Management Program in Kien Giang.

Mr Hung and Mr To introduced severe erosion as a major issue in the projected area located in Kien Giang Province. IUCN has learned from and adapted the technical design from GIZ’s initiatives on testing Melaleuca fences in highly eroded areas of Binh Son commune. This is aimed to prove to Kien Giang provincial authorities as well as central government that those erosion control techniques should be taken into account for future action plans of climate change responses. While the BCR pilot project didn’t use satellite data to show the level of erosion, GIZ did a Shoreline Video Assessment and used satellite images for updating and monitoring the loss of coastal land and mangroves. The BCR project, through the Hon Dat-Kien Ha Forest Management Board are to contributing to coastal erosion control. The project was presented as an overall success, with up to 39 cm of sediment retained by the Melaleuca fence after 8 months of the project implementation since January 2014. The communities have still been facing some serious challenges, such as unpredictable weather, and it has been necessary to perform repair work and maintenance of infrastructure at regular intervals. Construction of dams and land use changes have acted as stressors to the coastal area and have contributed to coastal erosion. An important lesson learned through the BCR pilot project was that monitoring of the barrier beach is important for conservation of the mangrove ecosystem. In the project area, the mangroves were not only threatened by coastal erosion, but also by the beach moving inwards, creating conditions that are not conducive to mangrove growth. Some reforestation efforts have failed as a result of this inward migration of the beach. Project leaders are hopeful that they will find a resilience- building methodology to protect the community and the environment.

Coastal and river erosion in Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary (PKWS): Current issues and solutions By Mr Hun Marady, Deputy Director of Department of Environment, Koh Kong Province

Mr Hun Marady started by outlining the threats facing Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary (PKWS) and its communities; namely manmade stressors contributing to climate change, a limited access to freshwater, and overfishing due to an increased human population. He then proceeded to introduce the issue of severe beach migration in PKWS, where mangroves along the beach were being smothered by sand or have been dying from exposure to the elements. Mr Marady talked about an attempt to mitigate this problem by planting various types of creepers, pines, and other plant species. However, this attempt had largely been unsuccessful, as many plants were smothered by sand. One of the causes of this excessive influx of sand was thought to be the

construction of a dam upstream, which altered the composition and supply of sediment in the water. The PKWS project aims to implement an integrated management approach to mitigate the outlined problems. Through meetings with communities, issues impacting biodiversity and livelihoods have been better understood in order to enable more effective management measures. Following this, a scientific assessment was undertaken, in that the project team defined specific purposes that would be associated with different zones and also devised a system to interpret the importance of each zone’s activity related to the overall management scheme. The project is proving the effectiveness of integrated community management. As a result, the community is more invested in seeing the project’s success.

Sub theme: Spatial planning

PKWS Zoning and Management Plan and Kampot coastal zoning By Mr Kong Kimsreng, Senior Programme Officer, IUCN Cambodia and Mr Suy Thea, Director of Kampot Provincial Environment Department

Mr Kimsreng presenting on PKWS

Mr Kong Kimsreng introduced the area as one which encompasses a population of around ten thousand, as well includes as parts of a Ramsar site. The area has a tumultuous history; as it was a site for heavy charcoal production, as well as clearing of mangrove forests, and rampant wildlife hunting in the 1980s and 1990s. Now mangrove forest replantation has been taking place, and the issues faced consist of landward beach migration, erosion, and overfishing, among others. The 11

zoning plan for the area uses the designations of the core zone, conservation zone, sustainable use zone and community zone. The aim has been to create an adaptive, community-driven and resilient management plan. Mr Kong elaborated that the zoning project works to identify and clarify land use in each area of the Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary (PKWS), so that environmental policy can be developed at an institutional level. The project team has identified twelve key zones, and hopes to devise a matrix. With clearly identified areas and an assessment of vulnerabilities faced by the area, this matrix will help communities abide by the legal frameworks of the Cambodian National Committee for Coastal Zone Management, and also work more efficiently with the provincial working group and task force for implementation of the plan.

Mr Suy Thea continued the discussion on zoning processes by introducing Kampot Province and the adverse effects of development on the mangrove forests and on seagrass, conflicts over fishing grounds, and land tenure disagreements over salt farm areas. The process of zoning included the setting up of a task force to train an action team for undertaking planning, data collection, and local-level consultations of communities, authorities, and industry. He explained how this went through a process that included many types of data collection before moving toward the actual drafting of zones. The overall process is still ongoing, he explained, and they are a little past the halfway mark.

Spatial planning: Integrating CCA in Mai Root Sub-district Administrative Organisation Strategic Plan By Mr Surasak Intraprasert, Chief of Mai Root Sub-district Administration Organisation, Trat Province

Mr Intraprasert presenting on Mai Root 12

Mr Surasak Intraprasert introduced Mai Root, the project area, which is a coastal sub-district in Trat Province, Thailand. Being dependent on fisheries for livelihoods, it is vulnerable to climate change impacts. In Trat, there is very limited land, and therefore it is important to have a good management plan in place for zones designated for agriculture, forestry etc. Amongst the challenges for the area, he mentioned erosion and salt intrusion, as well as the need for more housing. He added that the community and village administration have been working with tools, such as the SWOT (Strengths-Weakness-Opportunity-Threats) analysis, to assess the vulnerability of the area, in order to be able to tailor the spatial plan to their particular situation. For the future, Mr Intraprasert hopes that the project will continue to enable more secure livelihoods and build awareness for the next generation. The aim has been to consistently reverse the trend of ‘top- down’ coastal management, by encouraging greater community participation and developing good governance practices. The project has been working on providing good monitoring practices for rainfall and economic data, and also for recording the history of changes in land use. In the near future, the community will work on devising programmes for promoting greater gender equity in governance processes and take forward conservation of biodiversity through the establishment of crab banks for protecting female blue crabs.

Thematic group 2: Livelihood Resilience

Improved management of local fisheries. By Mr Pailin Olanpaiboon, Head of Village 2, Bang Chan Sub-District, Chanthaburi Province

Mr Pailin Olanpaiboon introduced the Bang Chan community which consists of around 3000 people and has its roots in fishing for over two hundred years. Climate change and manmade stressors are contributing to the declining fish populations and are threatening traditional livelihoods of the community. Furthermore, the traditional method of using a fishing net attached to poles, also called phong phang, is no longer allowed by law as this method blocks commercial navigational routes and captures juvenile fish species. The key learning outcome has been that putting industry before community can contribute to climate change and can also be detrimental to traditional livelihoods. Some of their efforts to improve the management of fisheries have been through using a wider mesh size to let juvenile creatures escape and helping increase the stock, as well as initiating crab banks to improve the crab population.

Crab banks By Mr Thiti Thavornthanon, President of Small-scale Fishery Conservation Group, Village 1, Laem Klat Sub-District, Mueang District, Trat Province

Mr Thiti Tavornthanon opened by emphasizing the need to respond to and adapt to climate change. He continued with an introduction to the crab bank in operation in Trat Province, which was set up to help increase the stock of blue swimming crab. He talked about the overall process, in terms of how the community started by setting up a group focusing on crab, and underlined the need for a good leader as well as government and NGO support. He spoke of how positive achievements have united people and made them stronger as a group, which has also helped them look at other issues, including gender roles and rights. He finished by emphasizing that “we have to take care of nature, so that it can take care of us.”

Coastal aquatic species conservation to build livelihood resilience in Soc Trang: Zoning for white clams and giant river prawn, and blue swimming crab banks By Mr Vo Hoang Dan, Department of Agricultural and Rural Development, Soc Trang

Providing a background of Soc Trang, Mr Dan shared that the area includes 72 km of shoreline, 6,000 hectares of mangrove forest, and 52,000 hectares of mud flats. The communities rely on fishing marine resources, such as fish and crab, for sustaining their livelihoods. Flooding, sea level rise and extreme weather conditions have put a lot pressure on these natural resources. The fishery community has established conservation banks to protect key species. The BCR project team has facilitated co-operation between government authorities and the community, in order to identify key species for protection and management of resources. This has proven more effective with community involvement. For the process of zoning, Mr Vo Hoang Dan talked about how consultations are conducted with the people living in the area, before carrying out surveys for sites and proceeding with the design and implementation. The community have been encouraging to put pregnant crabs into crab banks through a micro-finance mechanism which promoting community pay pregnant crabs instead of loan interests, rather than have them sold for consumption. The banks are in the river esturies, managed by community groups and they have now seen an increase in these species. The community encourages people to provide more pregnant crabs, by having this as the requirement for receiving loans.

Increasing the resilience of mangrove aquaculture through mangrove polyculture in Tra Vinh Province By Mr Nguyen Nguyen Du of the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2

Mr Nguyen Nguyen Du talked about how mangrove poly-culture in aquaculture ponds can increase resilience of species. He described the ponds as having a mixture of shrimp, crab, and mud clam as the model being implemented in Tra Vinh Province. The challenges faced in this approach have been that some ponds are too small, and some have not been designed with enough care. However, Mr Du says that most are doing well and that there is a general enthusiasm amongst the people who have been implementing this model. A survey of households in the study area has helped identify aquaculture farms with good mangrove coverage. Overall, the project aims to promote long-term economic and environmental resilience by encouraging farmers to adopt polyculture systems. The project additionally helps farmers to improve pond design, learn to manage ponds with greater mangrove coverage, and provide stock to jumpstart farmers’ polyculture systems. Participants learned that mangrove leaves can provide food for shrimp and fish, and the tree canopy blocks sunlight, which can help keep water temperatures down as the climate gets hotter. In conclusion, farmers are enthusiastic about these polyculture approaches, and the potential it provides for diversified and increased income for their households.

Thematic group 3: Ecosystem Resilience Day 1

Biological surveys of Kampot seagrass By Mr Louis Bourne

Mr Louis Bourne presented the results of a 23 day survey of seagrass along the coast of Kampot Province in Cambodia. The research investigated the composition, distribution, abundance, health, and size of the seagrass bed area. The results of the survey included locating the seagrass only in areas close to the coast—a total of 8,435.8 ha of seagrass beds—and has also found eleven different species. Current threats to seagrass include sedimentation, land reclamation, sand dredging operations, and fishery by trawling. Mr Bourne highlighted the specific threat of a seaport construction for the special economic zone, planned in an area which possesses a dense seagrass bed. He finished the presentation by recommending a long-term monitoring plan of the seagrass beds.

Dolphin survey in Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia By Mr Sun Kong, BCR field coordinator, IUCN Cambodia

Mr Sun Kong started by describing the Koh Kong Province, which consists of 25,000 hectares of alluvial islands. This province has many species of dolphin, present along the waters which surround it. He then talked about two objectives of the BCR project for dolphin conservation—first, to build the capacity of the dolphin conservation network and second, to conduct a dolphin survey in the Koh Kong bay area. A four-day training course for twelve participants was arranged to this end, primarily to learn how to record and identify dolphin species. This training aimed to build and improve the capacity of dolphin conservation groups in order to form a network and compile a database showing dolphin population and species in the areas. Mr Kong added that are an indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Through monitoring, the BCR dolphin survey team conveyed that the population of Irawaddy dolphin is decreasing, which means that there is a lot of room for improvement. There is also good reason to believe dolphin populations migrate through the transnational coastal area between Koh Kong and Trat. Mr Kong finished by recommending educational outreach on dolphin conservation, cross-border cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia, the establishment of dolphin management areas, and recommended a similar study be carried out in Trat Province, Thailand to better investigate dolphin migration patterns.

Mr Kong at the Coastal Forum

Dolphin conservation in Trat Province, Thailand By Mr Krittapat Sreesangkajorn, Deputy Chief of Mai Root Sub-district Administrative Organisation, Trat Province

Mr Sreesangkajorn began his presentation by describing the decline in dolphin populations over the last 6-7 years in and around Trat Province, Thailand. He conveyed that Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources finds around 20 dead dolphins per year. Upon conducting autopsies, he added that the forensic scientists have attributed these dolphin deaths to sudden causes. The major cause is thought to be their inadvertent entanglement in fishing gear leading to drowning, but there is also concern that some were being hunted purposefully for food. Awareness-raising was recommended as a solution to the latter issue. The BCR pilot project in Trat has worked to increase local communities’ knowledge of dolphins and their endangered status, as well as promoting knowledge-transfer between researchers in Thailand, Cambodia and the involved governments. Researchers have also taken the initiative to document the dolphin population, and have been able to identify over 180 individual dolphins thus far.

Day 2

Thematic group 3: Ecosystem Resilience

Mangrove Restoration and Ecosystem Resilience in the Gulf of Trat By Mr Suppakit Huangnam, Ms Naulnapa Sreepradit and Mr Kalong Hadarn, Gulf of Trat Coastal Community Network, Trat Province

In this presentation the three Trat Community Network members, Mr Huangnam, Ms Sreepradit and Mr Hadarn began by introducing the Gulf of Trat, which includes over 50,000 rai (8,000 hectares) of mangrove forest spread over 8 sub-districts. The community members expressed their excitement about the opportunities the ASEAN Economic Community will bring, particularly the potential to be a hub for food production and an eco-tourism destination in Southeast Asia. But in order to accomplish this through the project, community members have sought to curb forest violations and unify the available data and information systems (on both economy and ecology), such that is more easily shared between self-regulated communities. The project also hopes to encourage homestays and hire translators to help with tourists. The key has been to ensure local participation, they said, in order to change the mindset from ‘I’-thinking to ‘we’-thinking, especially when it comes to natural resource use and management.

Integrated mangrove management in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve By Mr Cao Huy Binh, Can Gio Forest Management Board

The presentation opened with a video introducing the BCR pilot project activities in Can Gio. Mr Binh outlined that the project aimed to diversify local livelihoods as a way to alleviate the high levels of poverty in the area and to lessen the dependence and pressure on natural resources. The measures used included increasing the capacity and awareness of the population through training communicators, forest patrol teams, tour guides and tourism services operators. Mr Binh finished by recommending a focus on maintaining the co-management setup, continuing to diversify community livelihoods, and ensuring that biosphere reserve policies are context-specific.

Thematic group 4: Gender, Governance and Climate Change

Addressing Gender in Coastal Community Resilience to Climate Change Adaptation in Village 1, Laem Klat Sub-District, Muang District, Trat Province By Ms Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, Director of Sustainable Development Foundation and Ms Nipa Panngoen, Member of Laem Klat Sub-District Administrative Organisation

“The entire community is vulnerable to climate change. Extreme weather events do not know gender.” With this opening statement, Ms Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk emphasized that in Mueang District of Trat, women are often lack regular sources of income, they do not own land, have low levels of education and limited technical skills. This implies low resilience to adapt to climate change, especially if community livelihoods are destroyed by natural disasters. The appropriatesolution through BCR project implementation has been to equip women with skills and opportunities, so that they may be able to pursue alternative livelihoods. The project also hopes to influence the socialization of children by teaching their parents, especially mothers, to pass on their knowledge about the conservation of nature and natural resources, so the next generation can be better prepared and equipped to deal with climate change impacts and environmental hazards.

Ms Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk of SDF Thailand

Ms Nipa Panngoen started by introducing the Laem Klat community in Trat as predominantly consisting of traditional small-scale fishermen. This livelihoods are becoming even more challenging, as a result of stronger climate change impacts. The women’s group in Laem Klat sub- district has consistently worked to recognise different the social roles and statuses of women, and has sought to promote equality in terms of opportunities for the improvement and benefit of all community members. The final message from the presentation was that women should be included in all poverty reduction attempts, and that activities targeting women must be increased in order to enable them to realise their potential.

Livelihood Diversification in Trat Province, Thailand By Ms Pornphat Sreesangkajorn, Women’s Leader, Mai Root Sub-District, Klong Yai District, Trat Province

Ms Pronphat Sreesangkajorn spoke of the women’s community of Mai Root Sub-District in Trat as being similar to many other rural communities in the world, particularly because women have been socialized with traditional gender roles and many primarily rear children, care for elders, and perform household tasks. She then talked about the need for women to become more active in income generation activities, so that they can make up for declining income from fishing in the area.

Traditionally women are seen as caregivers, but there is still a need for them to move beyond the ‘housewife-only’ roles and mentality. To this end, the women’s community group was established in Trat to promote alternative livelihoods and build the skills of women, as well as to promote their self-worth. The activities that have been implemented include basket-making and shrimp paste 19

processing, as well as packaging of manufactured products. Additional training has also been imparted for women to be able to give massages and for traditional medicines. The women’s group is working to better market their products and services, and aspires for a high quality certification of their herbal medicines and manufactured products in the near future. The women’s group has also shown that by bringing people together, otherwise underrepresented groups can have a strong voice in governance.

Thai Women’s Union leaders

Women and Climate Change Adaptation in Soc Trang Province By the Women’s Union of Soc Trang Province, Viet Nam

A video was showcased to introduce the women’s contribution in Soc Trang Province. Mrs Nguyen Thi My Loan of the Women’s Union highlighted that Soc Trang is a diverse area, with large populations of Vietnamese, Khmer and Chinese persons. She added that the area is also extremely vulnerable to sea level rise, and even less than a one meter increase in the sea level would mean 40% of the area would be flooded. The women’s group in the area has been focusing on providing vocational training in order to pursue alternative livelihoods, such as mending of torn fishing nets and awareness-raising activities for which a number of people have been chosen as communicators. Activities such as sorting through disposable waste, recycling, as well as producing high-yield sugarcane plantation have been pursued. The women hope that these measures will help lessen the reliance on the sea for fish catch, and increase the natural resource management ability of the community. Women have also been empowered by leading tree planting 20

ventures and choosing new careers and livelihoods. One of the challenges the project tackles is the transition from sea-based livelihoods to land-based options, which are more resilient to a changing climate. Through BCR project implementation in Soc Trang, it is believed that the inclusion of all social groups and genders can be carried out for the wider conservation process. The concluding remark was that making women the champion of such changes provides not only new livelihoods, but also a sense of purpose to their being.

Mrs Nguyen Thi My Loan of the Soc Trang Women’s Union

Natural resources co-management in the Vietnamese context By Mr Nguyen Van Khang, the Chairman of Thanh Phong Commune People’s Committee

Mr Nguyen Van Khang presenting on Thanh Phong Commune

The Chairman, Mr Nguyen Van Khang, introduced Thanh Phong Commune as a 3,961 ha large co-managed area, with 1,221 ha of mangrove forest. The area has a long history of poor land use and management, and has also been subjected to destructive practices such as electro-fishing, deep digging for clam and cockles, as well as the rampant use of fishnets with very small mesh sizes. Before co-management techniques were introduced, resources could easily be exploited by loggers. In addition, the forested areas contracted to one household could extend far from the areas they could reasonably manage, and households didn’t have a stake in the protection of their neighbours’ areas. The project’s co-management approach has been to focus on climate change adaptation for disaster risk reduction. Now, the communities come together with the support of the government to first assess their collective needs through ecosystem management. The presenter explained that there was now a communal agreement and a greater sense of shared responsibility to better manage natural resources. The approach of the project has been to consult with community members and elders, as well as with the local government departments. Using such a method, shared problems such as destructive fishing practices, using mesh nets which are too fine, and the lack of treatment options for polluted water discharging from aquaculture ponds can be addressed in a more holistic way.

Progress with mangrove Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Vietnam By Dr Andrew Wyatt, Mekong Delta Program Manager, IUCN Viet Nam 22

For the theme of mangrove-based PES, Mr Andrew Wyatt started by talking about Decree 99 signed in January 2010 by the Viet Nam Government. This mandates standards for carbon sequestration, adherence to REDD+ when it becomes operational, the protection of landscapes for tourism, and also includes the protection of the environment for the services it provides. As it stands, around 350 PES contracts have been signed nationwide under Decree 99, estimated at a value of USD 158.5 million. Of this, 75% has been disbursed to forest owners, where households have received USD 86 on average per year. Mangrove PES has not yet been fully implemented in Viet Nam, but there are five pilot locations to provide lessons and inputs towards mangrove PES policy development. This model is aiming for eligibility to Decree 99, through adding value in terms of carbon sequestration, the landscape, biodiversity provision, and also serving as spawning grounds. Challenges for this initiative includes the diversity of locations where it is to be functional, the low socio-economic status of the target population, and the open access nature of the targeted areas. For example, in and around Ho Chi Minh City, there were no casualties directly emanating from the recent Typhoon Durian in Viet Nam. The dense mangroves in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve help to break the strength of storm systems when they reach communities further inland, so municipalities that manage such areas might charge a small fee to residents for upkeep purposes. The biggest problem faced with PES is that often the areas that benefit the most from the services are areas with people who earn lower incomes and who cannot afford to pay PES fee. But the fact that Viet Nam has been able to implement a PES system shows promise for the future, as long as the payments and their usage remain transparent.

Shrimp certification as a voluntary PES scheme in Ca Mau Province By Mr Jake Brunner, IUCN Deputy Director for Southeast Asia (Viet Nam, Cambodia and Myanmar)

Mr Jake Brunner began by providing a context for Southeast Asia as a hub for shrimp farming and a major exporter of shrimp, irrespective of the cost borne by the environment. Intensive shrimp farms have been the reason why forested land has been cut down to provide room for ponds. Furthermore, the chemicals used in these ponds can be harmful to the water supply when they become effluents. Mr Brunner introduced the IUCN-implemented Mangroves and Markets (M&M) project as that which is working to introduce a sustainable shrimp farming model with organic labelling, that enables farmers to charge 10% more for the shrimp they produce. Until this point, 30 ha worth of farms following this model are in operation, with more expected to follow. After the screening of a video, Mr Brunner explained that the farms are not exclusively dedicated to shrimp,

but are an integrated type also including crab, fish and oyster. This means that a diversified harvest faces less risk of total failure and only natural input leads to low cost of operation— meaning that even with a much lower shrimp yield, this model is more profitable than the traditional type.

Mr Brunner speaking about shrimp certification

These shrimp ponds typically produce just 250 kg per hectare per year (versus 10,000 kg of intensive cultivation), but because many can be certified as organic, the net revenue per hectare per year is 2,100 USD versus 1,000 USD. Mr Brunner highlighted that these ponds are at lower risk since they promote polyculture systems, and a diversified income source with a smaller chance of crop failure. The biggest challenge is finding buyers for organic shrimp. From the M&M project, an observation has been that buyers usually prefer to buy shrimp from the entire group of farmers, rather than from the individual farms. This can be a good strategy for farmers that produce in low volumes. However, the findings from the project also show that there are consumers willing to pay for organic products. Farmer groups using the same production system can encourage peer-adoption and compliance with standards.

Thematic group 5: Media and communicating change

Making climate change newsworthy By Ms Darin Klong-Ugkara, News Editor at Thai PBS

This presentation revolved around the changes made to the ways and means of coverage at Thai PBS, after the tropical storm Nock-Ten in July 2011. The storm cause massive floods, 815 deaths, and resulted in immense financial damage. Thai PBS had initiated collaboration with scientists to inform the public about the flood and post-flood status. In particular, Thai PBS further investigated and helped inform audiences about the geography of floodplains and the physics of dams and dykes. In their coverage of the floods, Thai PBS strengthened their capacity to provide disaster updates in real-time and better report on climate change impacts. Following these events, Thai PBS has been very active in raising awareness, interviewing experts, and telling stories of resilience-building in communities, as well as visiting different areas of Southeast Asia to learn of the attendant environmental issues.

The presentation from Thai PBS

Two media representatives—one from Cambodia and Viet Nam respectively—took to the stage to discuss their journalistic experiences in climate change. A reporter from the national English- language newspaper in Viet Nam said that Vietnamese people are unaware of climate change and the impacts it has on everyday activity. There is little reporting on climatic events with a scientific understanding of climate change. The Cambodian reporter expressed his excitement for the future of journalism in Cambodia, citing the growing number of newspapers, radio stations and television stations along with social media. Although Cambodian news does not typically cover climate change, the media person thinks that if people begin to understand the phenomena and the vocabulary associated with it, they will then begin to talk about it within communities. The media can pick up and tell stories people are talking about, and can also provide a nudge to further understand issues critical to the community.

Talking about climate change through animation By the Climate Change Animation Competition award-winning university students of Thailand

For this presentation two videos were shown, both made by university students, and selected as winners in a competition to make videos to raise awareness of climate change in Thailand. The winning entries were broadcasted on Thai PBS

Living in a Changing Climate TV Series With Louis Bourne, sea grass surveyor

Three countries pledge to support Louis’ bicycle voyage

The final presentation for the thematic group on media and communication was for introducing an upcoming television series, featuring Mr Louis Bourne, which will document his travel using a bicycle over more than 2,000 km along the coast of the Gulf of Thailand—from Pattani in Thailand all the way to Soc Trang in Viet Nam. On the way, he will visit communities and locations suitable for presenting information on climate change and its impacts. To conclude the presentation, Mr Bourne invited everyone to join him for a 2,000 km cycling expedition. Many excitedly joined him on stage, promising to support his tour along the way.

Plenary adoption of “Preah Sihanouk/Kompong Som Declaration” With Mr Jonathan Shott, SDF Thailand 26

Led by Mr Jonathan Shott, it was time to review the Preah Sihanouk Declaration after some discussion and clarification requested by the Coastal Forum participants. It was then decided that the participants would split up into country groups and discuss the recommendations for thirty minutes, before editing the declaration and producing the final outcome. Each of the groups took on the task eagerly and discussions were fruitful. After the edits were made to the document, and everyone was satisfied with the final text, the declaration passed.

Closing session

With Dr Robert Mather, IUCN Southeast Asia

The wrap-up talk was given by Dr Robert Mather, who started by thanking all the speakers for fascinating presentations delivered over the two days of the last Coastal Forum. He then added that these presentations served as interesting snapshots, based on 2-3 years of work undertaken by the BCR Coastal Forum, and how he saw them as being inspirational appetizers for what was to come. He commented on the impressive videos shown by Vietnamese presenters, hoping that they would be shared widely. Dr Mather also appreciated the great work in Cambodia for the various BCR-led surveys, and the inspiring grassroot-level progress being made in Thailand. A mention was also made of Mr Louis Bourne and the media team, and the exciting presentation they had delivered. Looking ahead, he was heartened with the approval of the Preah Sihanouk Declaration, which he has hoped would be something to refer back to often. Dr Mather concluded his vote of thanks by expressing gratitude to the attending Excellencies, project partners, and importantly the EU for enabling and supporting the work carried out under the BCR project. He then thanked the volunteers and IUCN staff, before calling on a representative from each of the three countries to say a few concluding words.

Mr Tran Anh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Ben Tre Provincial People’s Committee of Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam started by appreciating how replete with knowledge and how educational the Coastal Forum had been. He thought that the Preah Sihanouk Declaration would be very helpful for bringing attention to the key highlighted issues and bring about regional consensus, thereby helping to provide solutions for climate change adaptation. He finished by saying that Viet Nam will do its best to keep promoting climate change adaptation, thanked all the participants for their contributions, and wished everyone success.

Ms Prasertcharoensuk of SDF Thailand started by encouraging all the participants to make use of the opportunities enabled by BCR in order to build capacity and raise awareness; emphasizing how climate change affects everyone. She added that even though the BCR project is coming to an end, the commitments made and the future directions it has opened up will surely continue. The continuation of cross-border cooperation can help take forward the legacy of this project. From Cambodia H.E. Saut Yea, Deputy Governor of Kampot Province, talked about his respect for IUCN and appreciation of the support for the BCR projects in Koh Kong and Kampot; the two provinces which face many climate risks. He hoped that with the BCR project ending, there would still be a focus and support for projects for restoring mangroves and seagrass areas of Cambodia. He sincerely thanked participants and everyone present for the Coastal Forum.

H.E. Saut Yea of Cambodia delivering a final note

Mr Andrew Wyatt then presented gifts to the hosts and distinguished guests.

Distinguished guests receiving a token of appreciation

Closing speech by Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN Asia

Ms Kabraji closing the Coastal Forum

Ms Kabraji delivered the closing note by conveying her appreciation for the wonderful chance to finally visit Sihanouk Ville. She continued by talking of the value of nature-based solutions, particularly in terms of how solutions grounded in natural infrastructure are far superior to hard- engineering solutions for addressing climate change, as these are less costly and come with many additional benefits. Ms Kabraji then talked of how the BCR project has ties with the Mangroves for

the Future initiative (MFF), to which has Cambodia has signed as the latest member. With more than 30 pilot projects undertaken by the BCR project, Ms Kabraji raised the possibility that perhaps MFF can serve as a platform to continue and take these projects forward with a wider geographical scope. She commented on the Preah Sihanouk Declaration, which she found to be a positive outcome and also hoped it would be brought to the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 in Sydney. In conclusion, she conveyed that everyone could feel very satisfied with their work, and use it as a key basis to move forward. She thanked all of the people who have worked hard during the project; particularly the partners, hosts and IUCN staff

Day 3

BCR Field Visits

Trapaing Sangke Community Fisheries in Kampot Province

Background

The Trapeang Sangke Community Fisheries was established on 22 November in 2009, with three participating villages of Trapaing Sangke Commune. It has 744 members, including 363 women. The fishery is situated along the coastline which has mangroves and seagrass beds. Therefore, it is easy for fishers to catch fish, crab and shrimp as part of their daily livelihoods. The Trapaing Sangke Fishery extends over a 337 ha area, including 45 ha of seagrass conservation area and a total area of 31 ha of natural mangrove forest. Of this, 9 ha is the existing protected mangrove forest and 25 ha consists of reforested mangrove areas.

Community members delivering a presentation

Field visit

Field trip participants visited the Trapaing Sangke Community Fishery. They had the opportunity to listen to community members’ experience with declining fish stocks in the past. The community shared that they has created a group to manage this problem better, which has now been planting new mangrove areas as well as setting up rules for fishing, such as banning all but small-scale fishing methods. They had also been working on setting up ecotourism opportunities, including boat rides, homestays, restaurant services, and also the opportunity for visitors to buy and plant mangrove seedlings. After a presentation on the area, the group was divided into two sub-groups; one going by boat to see the planting area and the other going to see a women-run vegetable garden. Both groups benefitted from these very interesting visits.

The strengths of the community approaches are conveyed as follows. The committee and members of Trapaing Sangke changed their behaviour in positive manner, and have had a high commitment to contribute in kind and in cash to better running their community. The community committees are clear about their roles and responsibility; particularly conveyed through monthly, quarterly and annual meetings. They have high commitments to find solutions and are garnering support from local authority and institutional experts, NGOs and other stakeholders. Lastly, the community members have increased their knowledge and developed their understanding of the advantages of mangrove forestation and actively participate in protection, conservation and halting 31

any illegal activities. The challenges are outlined as follows. Most fishers in the community have limited knowledge and skills relating to the environment and conservation. The activities are still not very sustainable, as they rely on donor support. Further, there is a limited capacity, skill and capital for ecotourism development.

Meeting community members at Trapaing Sangke

Discussion Q1 Please tell us the situation in terms of the use of fishing gears and boats? Can you also tell us about the state of fisheries resources, and whether there has been an increase or decrease? A1 The local fishers only use small-scale family fishing gears, which are in keeping with the fisheries law. They have observed that fisheries resources have increased more than before. This is because before the community members earned USD 2.5 per person per day. But now they can earn between around USD 5 -7.5 per person per day.

Q2 Who teaches the community to plant mangroves? A2 The Community Committee has communications with the Fisheries Administration cantonment of Kampot Province in order to organize awareness-raising on mangrove plantation. Then the Community Committee members organize dissemination meetings with members within this community. Through the mangrove restoration project, 62,000 seedlings have been planted across 25 ha of the mud flat, with an estimated 2,000-2,500 seedlings per hectare.

Ream National Park

The community delivers a presentation

Local fishing activity in Ream National Park

Background

Ream National Park is one of seven national parks in Cambodia; located 25 km from Sihanouk Province. Located in southeastern Cambodia, the park has tropical jungles, mangrove forest, beaches, seagrass beds and some islands. In terms of native fauna, there are abundant bird species, monkeys, turtles, dugongs and dolphins. This park was established in 1993 by the former King Father Norodom Sihanouk, when the Cambodian Government began to take action to protect many of its threatened areas encompassing 210 km², including 150 km² of terrestrial habitats and 60 km² of marine habitats. Due to the importance of its ecosystems, Ream National Park has received support from the Ministry of Environment and international organizations such as UNDP, Danida and IUCN. The mandate of the National Park is centered on livelihood-based ecosystem mangrove cultivation for climate change adaptation, with active local implementation, as was presented by the Park Director Mr Nov Karun and ranger representatives.

Site visit

Participating in this field trip, there were approximately 65 participants including representatives from the community, district officers, as well as Cambodian, Vietnamese and Thai delegates. Participants met representatives of the fisherfolk group at Thmor Thom Island Station, following which there was a presentation on fishery activities of the community. The representatives mentioned that this community was established on 3 April 2000, by his Excellency Mok Mareth, who was a Minister of the Ministry of Environment during that time. The community members then presented information about their livelihoods, challenges as a result of climate change, and their coping mechanisms. In particular, they highlighted that there are about 200 people or 50 households that live in the village; most making their living by fishing, catching crabs and oysters and some raising a few buffalos. There is no electricity and freshwater is collected though dug wells. Last but not least, they suggested IUCN and other related organizations should continue to support the community.

The waterside by Ream National Park

Discussion Q1 How is the livelihood of the people in Ream National Park? A1 People mostly depend on the products of the mangrove forest, such as fishing, firewood, providing tourism services and so on. Q2 How can we eliminate the impact of human activity on natural resources? A2 Human impact can be reduced if take the following into account—we need to adapt to changes in climate and strengthen law enforcement. A small seminar to educate people to better protect the environment can be helpful in this regard.

Polder dykes

The functioning35 of Polder dyke

Background

Polder Dyke is situated in Prey Nob District, about 48 km away from Preah Sihanouk town. It was built in 1930 during the French colony. Its function is to prevent seawater intrusion from about 10,500 ha of rice fields during the dry season. This dyke divides freshwater and sea water. It not only protects against seawater intrusion, but also serves as the main road for local people to access natural resources and transport their agricultural produce, such as vegetables growing along the dyke. In addition, this dyke makes it easy for tourists to visit mangroves and see the beautiful rice fields along the dyke from the end of October and early November.

Local people in Polder area heavily depend on agricultural cultivation and fishing activities for their livelihoods. Mangroves and dyke systems have an impact on their livelihoods. If the dyke is broken in some ways, local people will be affected through rice and other crop production failures due to saline intrusion. They also enable a highly valued mangrove forest to grow, which serves as a barrier against dyke erosion and provides natural habitats for aquatic marine animals for supporting and sustaining their livelihoods. If the mangrove is not protected, marine fisheries will be less or will decline and livelihoods will be adversely affected.

Integrated farming in the Polder dyke area

Site visit

Participants listened to presentations about agricultural communities that benefit from the dykes and the steps being taken toward building environmental resilience, including diversification of livelihoods and promoting the role of women as major stakeholders in agriculture.

The BCR project site in Polder

All the participants also learnt more about how local communities protect, restore and manage mangroves and seagrass, as well as how they manage, protect and maintain the manmade dyke constructed during the French colonial period in 1930, in order to prevent saline intrusion into field fields. The expected outcome is to build resilience to climate change, but also to share experiences and best practices from other countries to communities for replication.

Appendix

Appendix 1: Agenda

THE THIRD ANNUAL COASTAL FORUM BUILDING COASTAL RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN COASTAL SOUTHEAST ASIA 23 – 25 OCTOBER 2014 Sokha Beach Resort, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia DRAFT PROGRAMME Preamble The Third and final Annual Coastal Forum is expected to focus on sharing experiences and learning from BCR’s (and its partners’) work in pilot projects in 5 key thematic areas – Coastal Zone Resilience, Livelihood Resilience, Ecosystem resilience, Gender and Governance, as well as the role of media and communicating climate change and disaster risk reduction. Presentations and discussions are expected to focus on key challenges, lessons learnt and recommendations for both practitioners and policy-makers

The forum welcomes 205 participants from Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.

Time 22 October Facilitator 4:00 PM Forum participants arrive 5:30-6:30 Registration at each country group at hotel 23 October 8:00-8:30 Registration 8:30-10:00 1. Opening Session Chaired by  BCR Project Video Presentation  Mr. Kong Kimsreng, Senior  Welcome by H.E Chhin Sengngoun, Deputy program officer, IUCN Cambodia Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province  Welcome and opening remarks by Dr. Robert Mather, Head of Southeast Asia Group, IUCN  Opening Remarks by H.E Chay Samith, Delegate of the Royal Government of Cambodia in Charge of the General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection, the Ministry of Environment  Group photo

10:00-10:15 Coffee break Provided by IUCN 10:15-11:00 2. Press Conference (in separate room for about 30 Chaired by people, at same time as coffee break and plenary presentation )  Mrs. Dararat Weerapong, Senior Communications Officer, SEA The Forum Press Conference will provide key messages Group, IUCN of the BCR project to the media. Dr. Robert Mather and  Dr. Robert Mather, Head of representatives of Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia. Southeast Asia Group,  Kong Kimsreng, Senior program  3. Presentation of draft officer, IUCN Cambodia, “KompongSom”/”Sihanoukville” Declaration to  Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, 38

plenary while press conference if going on Director of Sustainable (facilitate by Mr. Jonathan Shott, Project Manager Development Foundation, and Disaster Management Consultant, SDF) Thailand  Distribute hard copies  Dr. Andrew Wyatt, Program  Introduce members of drafting committee and Manager Mekong Delta, Viet time/place to provide inputs/edits Nam

11:00-12:30 15 minutes for each presentations, followed by Chaired by Q&A  Dr. Andrew Wyatt, Program 4. Thematic group 1: Coastal Zone Resilience Manager Mekong Delta, Viet Nam Sub-theme: erosion and restoration  Mangrove ‘Bioshield’ Restoration and Management for Protection Against Storms, Increased Wave Action and Sea Level Rise by Mr. Vinai Boonlom, Head of Mangrove Resource Development Station No. 45, Dan Kao, Trat Province.  Building coastal resilience in Binh Son Commune, Hon Dat District, Kien Giang Province, by Mr. Luu Thanh Nghia, Head of Kien Giang VASI  Coastal protection using Melaleuca fences for erosion control and mangrove development, by Mr. Phan Van Hung, Director Hon Dat Kien Ha Forest Management Board and Mr. Huynh Huu To, Technical Officer, GIZ ICMP Kien Giang.  Coastal and River Erosion in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary: current Issues and Solutions, by Mr. Hun Marady, Deputy Director of Department of Environment, Koh Kong Province.

12:30-13:30 Lunch Provided by IUCN 13:30-15:30 4. Thematic group 1: Coastal Zone Resilience Chaired by Sub-theme: Spatial Planning  PKWS Zoning and Management Plan and Kampot  Mr. Jonathan Shott, Project Coastal Zoning, by Mr. Kong Kimsreng, Senior Manager and Disaster program officer IUCN/CAM & Mr. Suy Thea, Director Management Consultant, SDF of Kampot Provincial Environmental Department  Spatial Planning: Integrating CCA in Mai Root Sub- district Administrative Organization Strategic Plan by Mr. Surasak Intraprasert, Chief of Mai Root Sub- district Administration Organization

5. Thematic group 2: Livelihood Resilience,

 Improved Management of Local Fisheries by Mr. Pailin Olanpaiboon, Head of Village 2, Bang Chan Sub-district, Chanthaburi Province.  Crab Banks by Mr. Thiti Thavornthanon, President of Small-scale Fishery Conservation Group, Village 1, Laem Klat Sub-district, Mueang District, Trat Province. Coastal aquatic species conservation to build livelihood resilience in Soc Trang: Zoning for white

clams, and giant river prawn and blue swimming crab banks (short video clip included), by Vo Hoang Dan, DARD Soc Trang.

15:30-15:45 Coffee break Provided by IUCN 15:45-17:30 Chaired by  Increasing the resilience of mangrove aquaculture  Kong Kimsreng, Senior program through mangrove poly-culture in Tra Vinh Province, officer, IUCN Cambodia by Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2.

6. Thematic group 3: Ecosystem Resilience

 Biological surveys of Kampot Seagrass Mr. Louis Bourne  Dolphin Survey in PKWS and adjacent areas in Koh Kong, Cambodia by Mr. Sun Kong BCR Field Coordinator, Ms. Saisunee Chaksuin, MFF National Coordinator; and Dolphin Conservation in Trat, by Mr. Krittapat Sreesangkajorn. Deputy Chief of Mai Root Sub-district Administrative Organization, Trat Province, Thailand.

18:30-21:00 Forum Welcome Dinner (Culture Performance) Provided by IUCN  At BBQ‐Buffet Dinner  Apsara dance show 24 October 8:00-10:15  Mangrove Restoration and Ecosystem Resilience in Chaired by the Gulf of Trat by Mr. Suppakit Huangnam and Ms.  Mr. Jake Brunner, Program Naulnapa Sreepradit, GUlf of Trat Coastal Coordinator, IUCN Vietnam, Community Network, Trat Province Cambodia and Myanmar  Integrated mangrove management in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, by Mr. Cao Huy Binh, Can Gio Forest Management Board.

7.Thematic group 4: Gender, Governance and Climate Change

 Addressing Gender in Coastal Community Resilience to Climate Change Adaptation at Village 1, Laem Klat Sub-district, Muang District, Trat Province by Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, Director of Sustainable Development Foundation and Nipa Panngoen, Member of Laem Klat Sub- district Administrative Organization  Livelihood Diversification by Ms. Pornphat Sreesangkajorn, Womens’ Leader, Mai Root Sub-district, Klong Yai District, Trat Province.  Women and Climate Change Adaptation in Soc Trang Province (short video clip included), by Women’s Union Soc Trang Province.

10:15-10:45 Coffee break and registration for field trip (MC) Provided by IUCN 10:45-12:15 Chaired by  Mangrove co-management in the Vietnamese  Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, context, by Chairman Thanh Phong Commune Director of Sustainable

People’s Committee Development Foundation,  Progress with mangrove PES in Vietnam, by Thailand Andrew Wyatt, IUCN Mekong Delta Program Manager.  Shrimp certification as a voluntary PES scheme in Ca Mau province, by Jake Brunner, IUCN Program Coordinator, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar  Seagrass-dependent livelihoods and conservation in Kampot , by Mr. Sar Sorin, Chief of Fisheries Administration Cantonment in Kampot 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided by IUCN 13:00-14:00 8. Thematic group 5: Media and communicating Chaired by climate change – Case study: Thai Public  Mrs. Dararat Weerapong, Senior Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) Communications Officer, SEA  Making climate change newsworthy, by Darin Group, IUCN Klong-Ugkara, News Editor  Talking about climate change through animation, Award winner university students  Living in a Changing Climate TV Series, Louis Bourne, Sea grass surveyor

14:00-14:45 9. Plenary adoption of “Sihanoukville/Kampong Som Chaired by Declaration”  Mr. Jonathan Shott, Project Manager and Disaster Management Consultant, SDF

14:45:15:30 10. Closing Session Chaired by Dr. Robert Mather, Head of Wrap-up Dr. Robert Mather/Dr. Andrew Wyatt, Program Southeast Asia Group Manager Mekong Delta, Viet Nam;/ Kong Kimsreng, Senior Programme Officer, Cambodia/ Ms. Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, SDF.

Closing Speech: Mrs. Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN Asia.

15:30-16:00 Coffee break and registration for field trip Provided by IUCN 16:00-17:00 Field trip briefing and registration for each site field trip Chaired by  Group 1: Trapaing Sangke Community Fisheries located in Kampot Province. Location and Key  Mr. Sun Kong, BCR Field features of Trapaing Sangke Community Fishery, Coordinator local livelihoods resilience depend on mangrove and seagrass values. Facilitated byIUCN/Fisheries Action Coalition Team(FACT)/Community

 Group 2: Polder Dyke located in Preah Sihanouk Province, Polder dyke and Mangrove area, Integrated Farming System at Prey Nob commune, Livestock raising at Toul Toteung commune, integrated farming system at Samaki commune and travelling and visit Koh Sampouch beach. Facilitated by IUCN/Ministry of Environment/ Community/Agriculture office in Prey Nob District. 41

 Group 3: Ream National Park located in Preah Sihanouk Province. Brief about park ranger mandate and implementation activities related to climate change adaptation, introduction and brief about Eco- Tourism in Ream National park and mandate of Park Authority and community involvement, Boat trip from Prek Toek Sap station to Tower to see overview of mangrove forest of Ream National Park and continuing boat trip from water bird zone to Thorm Thom station and meet the representative of fisherfolk team about their involvement in conservation and climate change adaptation, continuing boat travel to Koh Sampouch beach for beach visit and have lunch and relax. Facilitated by IUCN/Ministry of Environment/Community/ Agriculture office in Prey Nob District. 25 October 7:30-17:00 FIELD TRIPS Lunch is provide by local restaurant Departure: 8:00 am Return : 17:00 pm 26 October 8:30 Departure All BCR participants will be travelling to Viet Nam and Thailand by buses

Appendix 2: Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

For more information, please contact

Dararat Weerapong, Senior Communications Officer, Southeast Asia Group, IUCN T: +66 895178543 E: [email protected] Kimsreng Kong, Senior Programme Officer, IUCN Cambodia, T: +855 (0)12 888 847, E: [email protected] Nguyen Thuy Anh, Communications Officer, IUCN Viet Nam, T: +84 916451166 E: [email protected]

For immediate release Coastal communities across three countries in ASEAN commit to climate change adaptation

Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia, 23 October 2014 - Based on the empirical evidence through four years of intensive learning and working together between villagers, local governments, scientists, NGOs and the media; coastal communities in eight provinces of Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam confirm climate change impacts are happening and commit to work more strategically to adapt through the adoption of the Kompong Som Declaration.

Around 200 participants attend the Third and final Annual Coastal Forum held at Preah Sihanouk in Cambodia is held during 23-25 October 2014, and organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI), German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ), Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) and Cambodian Ministry of Environment (MoE). The Forum shares experiences and learning from the European Union funded project Building Resilience to Climate Change in Coastal Southeast Asia (BCR)'s work in pilot projects. Five thematic areas are presented and discussed: coastal zone resilience, livelihood resilience, ecosystem resilience, gender and governance, as well as the role of media and communicating climate change and disaster risk reduction; with emphasis on key challenges, lessons learnt and recommendations for both practitioners and policy-makers.

Dr Robert Mather, Head of Southeast Asia Group, IUCN Asia says, "There are some things we can't change. We can't change the fact that we have only one atmosphere that connects us all. But we can change how we choose to respond to climate risks in the places we live. We can be proactive in our response in learning to adapt to climate change. We can take positive action to change aspects of our livelihoods and lifestyles to be more appropriate in a changing climate. And at its heart, this is what the BCR project has been all about. Firstly understanding the risks of climate change in each local area, and then identifying some initiatives that can be done, to take the first few steps on that long journey of climate change adaptation".

In Cambodia, two of the most important interventions include the drafting of the Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary Management Plan in Koh Kong and coastal zoning activities in Kampot. The Peam Krasop Management Plan will help improve natural resource management and more responsible resource use through specially designated zones. The development of an environmental profile of Kampot Province together with the first detailed biological and socio- 43

economic studies of its large seagrass area has enhanced the understanding of the main issues affecting coastal habitats, especially illegal/inappropriate fishing, pollution, and port construction.

"The dredging of a 2,160 m long channel in Koh Kapik of Koh Kong Province is considered one of the successes. This will enable local communities to have better access to health care, education and freshwater sources. It will also improve trade and livelihoods, as people fish every day without the struggle of navigating their boats through a shallow canal", says Mr Kimsreng Kong, Senior Programme Office, IUCN Cambodia.

Additionally, dolphin surveys in Koh Kong and Seagrass survey in Kampot contribute to a better development of the integrated coastal management plan of these provinces.

In Viet Nam, BCR began in 2011 when the country had just embarked on its ‘National Target Programme for Climate Change Action’ which instructed all Vietnamese Provinces to begin to plan for climate change.

Dr Andrew Wyatt, Mekong Delta Programme Manager, IUCN Viet Nam says, "What we jointly learnt with our provincial partners in that process was that poor coastal communities were often well aware of past climate trends and were able to respond with constructive ideas. We also learnt that in some cases was extremely important to supplement local knowledge with external technical expertise. Ownership and sustainability had also been a key strategy that we pursued successfully."

For Thailand, various interventions have been implemented over the project period such as livelihood diversification, natural resources management, crab banks, gender and youth related activities, and spatial planning. The most important part is climate change adaptation has become one of the key consideration for strategic development plans at both community and provincial levels.

"BCR became a process and a tool to encourage all stakeholders in local communities to work together. The success is not only of the project but of communities who share the sense of ownership", says Ms Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, Director of the Sustainable Development Foundation.

Marking a strong commitment beyond the project, over 200 participants at the Coastal Forum endorses the Kompong Som Declaration on six thematic areas namely coastal zone resilience, livelihood resilience, ecosystem resilience, diversity and equity, government and policy, and media and communications.

"The BCR project is reaching the end of its four year life cycle. This is the last time we will all be gathering like this in a BCR Coastal Forum. But I am sure that many of the experiences and lesson learned from BCR will continue to influence our work and other projects for many years to come. Many things that BCR will leave behind like sub-district plans in Mai-Root or the Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary Management Plan in Koh Kong are just starting points that provide a guiding framework for future investment and action", concludes Dr Mather.

Appendix 3: The Preah Sihanouk/Kampong Som Declaration

The Preah Sihanouk Declaration on Building Coastal Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Southeast Asia

Adopted During the Third Annual Coastal Forum of the Building Coastal Resilience Project Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th October 2014 at the Sokha Beach Resort, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia

1. We, the participants at the Third Annual Coastal Forum of the EU-funded 'Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts - Coastal Southeast Asia' Project, comprise over 200 individuals from 8 coastal provinces in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, representing government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, educational institutes and some of the coastal communities expected to be most severely affected by climate change anywhere in the world.

For the past 4 years we have worked together to assess the vulnerability and capacity of our coastal ecosystems and local communities in adapting to the impacts of both climate change and manmade stressors. During this 3-day conference we have come together to learn from one another, to share our experiences and summarize our lessons.

2. This declaration comprises our major recommendations based on our combined experience and lessons learned on building resilience to climate change impacts in coastal Southeast Asia. We believe that following these recommendations will help to make our coastal ecosystems and local communities more resilient and better able to adapt to the impacts of climate change and manmade stressors in the future.

3. We therefore call on all those engaged in building resilience to climate change in coastal zones, either directly or indirectly, and including but not limited to government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, educational institutes, media, civil society, international community and coastal communities themselves, to:

Coastal Zone Resilience

4. Acknowledge that our coastal zones contain and sustain ecosystems, natural resources, livelihoods, community settlements, history and cultural heritage.

5. Acknowledge that our coastal zones are threatened not just by climate change, but also by manmade stressors such as urbanization, industrialization, agricultural intensification, privatization and tourism, as well as upstream developments in rivers flowing to the coast.

6. Acknowledge that addressing coastal erosion requires both soft solutions and hard solutions, both local small-scale interventions, national, regional and global large-scale interventions. (locally appropriate)

7. Acknowledge that the coastlines of the Gulf of Thailand and particularly the Mekong Delta are very dynamic. There is therefore a high risk of unintended consequences of development interventions.

8. Support local communities in applying local knowledge and in conducting participatory action research to generate new knowledge and understanding to address coastal erosion through small- scale interventions.

9. Acknowledge that spatial planning, zoning and stakeholder dialogue are important participatory tools that can help bring about multi-stakeholder agreement on long-term strategies to address the impacts of climate change and man-made stressors on coastal zones.

Livelihood Resilience

10. Acknowledge that strengthening livelihood resilience in the context of climate change and manmade stressors requires two distinct but complimentary approaches: securing existing livelihood and developing alternative or supplementary livelihoods.

11. Acknowledge that individuals with livelihoods dependent upon natural resources, often already poor, disadvantaged and under-represented in decision-making, are likely to be most severely impacted by climate change and man-made stressors.

12. Acknowledge that traditional resource-based livelihoods are often threatened by changing policy environments, modern development models and depletion of the resource base through overharvesting as much as they are by climate change.

13. Acknowledge the ability to develop alternative and supplementary livelihoods depends upon access to resources and opportunities: finance, materials, equipment, knowledge, skills, partners and markets.

14. Support community-led initiatives to investigate, monitor and evaluate the impact of existing and alternative livelihoods on natural resources, habitats and ecosystems.

15. Support both community-led initiatives and multi-stakeholder co-management systems to conserve, rehabilitate and manage the natural resources, habitats and ecosystems on which existing and alternative livelihoods depend.

16. Provide access to resources and opportunities to enable local communities, particularly the poor, to develop alternative livelihoods that are appropriate, sustainable and resilient.

17. Ensure alternative livelihood development does not undermine or threaten the food security and food safety, social integrity or cultural heritage of local communities.

Ecosystem Resilience

18. Acknowledge that ecosystems do not only contain and sustain important habitats and natural resources, but also livelihoods and community settlements.

19. Acknowledge that in some cases top-down ecosystem management that focuses only on strict conservation and ignores the presence of livelihoods and community settlements can be ineffective or even detrimental both for ecosystems and for communities.

20. Acknowledge that well managed ecosystems support sustainable and resilient communities, reducing vulnerability and increasing capacity to adapt to climate change and man-made stressors.

21. Acknowledge that ecosystems themselves and the individual species they contain are also directly threatened by climate change, and management will need to change to take this into account.

22. Promote the identification of champion species of economic importance or biodiversity value representative of different ecosystem types, and use these as a basis for expanding outwards to habitat, ecosystem and area-wide management, putting in place long-term monitoring systems to understand changes in these species populations at a variety of scales.

23. Support research into better understanding of climate change impacts on species and ecosystems, including inter alia how predator-prey relationships; parasite-host relationships; commensal relationships; pollination, flowering and fruiting; and seasonal migrations will all change.

24. Understand the limits to adaptation of species and habitats, how their distribution ranges will change with climate and what management interventions are necessary to ensure their continued survival.

25. Encourage green development at local level.

Diversity and Equality

26. Acknowledge that coastal communities are home to diverse inhabitants. Various factors cause people to experience life differently, including gender, age, physical ability, nationality, religion, ethnicity, financial status and social status.

27. Acknowledge that these diverse inhabitants experience climate change and its impacts differently. The nature and severity of the impacts, and the capacity to adapt to those impacts, differs from person to person.

28. Acknowledge that under-represented and marginalized members of society often have greater vulnerability and lower capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change and man-made stressors.

29. Support initiatives aimed at addressing the specific vulnerabilities, impacts, needs and aspirations of under-represented and marginalized members of society in the context of climate change and man-made stressors.

30. Provide seed funds, matched funds or other forms of micro finance to enable groups of underrepresented and marginalized members of society to establish themselves and explore adaptation initiatives.

31. Support community-led, multi-stakeholder, trans-boundary networking approaches to ecosystem management, acknowledging the fundamental rights of local communities to participate in the conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use of natural resources and the environment, ensuring the participation and strengthening the voices of poor, disadvantaged and underrepresented individuals.

Governance and Policy

32. Acknowledge that adapting to the impacts of climate change and man-made stressors requires a long-term commitment to making local development more sustainable and more resilient.

33. Acknowledge that at the local level, local communities, local administration organizations, local government agencies and other stakeholders must exchange knowledge, share resources and plan together if climate change adaptation is to be successful.

34. Acknowledge that at the national level, evidence-based policy, cross-sectoral coordination and incorporation of local realities are all necessary to ensure coastal ecosystems and local communities become more resilient to climate change and man made stressors. 47

35. Support multi-stakeholder collaboration on area-based or ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation at the local level.

36. Support bottom-up planning processes to ensure local, sub-national and national policies, plans and projects for climate change adaptation accurately reflect local realities.

37. Ensure fundamental and universal principles of good governance are adhered to, including access, participation, representation, influence, transparency, accountability and monitoring.

Media and Communications

38. Acknowledge the role of media in creating better communication and raising awareness on climate change among the general public.

39. Encourage media agencies to adopt climate change into their media agenda; and invest in climate change related news and programme development.

40. Support capacity building and understanding of the media practitioners to report on climate change.

41. Encourage a better exchange of knowledge and information between scientists, government officers, villagers and media practitioners.

42. Consider establishing national, regional, and international media networks on climate change adaptation where resources, expertise, skills, knowledge and information are shared.

43. Support the inclusion of a subject on climate change and media report into journalism and mass communications curricula at university level.

44. To reach the poorest households with no mass media access, support climate communicators drawn from the local community.

Appendix 4: Media coverage of the Coastal Forum

I. Cambodia

The Khmer Daily Cambodia hosting the Coastal Forum on the coastal climate change issues (Khmer) http://thekhmerdaily.com/index.php?page=news_detail&ref_id=92111&ref_aid=28411984

Kampot and Koh Kong province were integrated into the Building Coastal Resilience project (Khmer) http://thekhmerdaily.com/index.php?page=news_detail&ref_id=3081&ref_aid=693119927

More than 200 relevant stakeholders initiate to discuss the implication to the coastal climate change issues (Khmer) http://thekhmerdaily.com/index.php?page=news_detail&ref_id=3301&ref_aid=674119886

Coastal Forum on climate change in Southeast Asia has 209 delegation attend from Cambodia, Viet Nam and Thai (Mandarin) http://cn.thekhmerdaily.com/index.php?page=news_detail&ref_id=86111&ref_aid=55618027

Radio Free Asia (RFA) 48

Cambodia and Thailand hold a workshop on the effects of climate change (Khmer) http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/environment/Cambodia-Thailand-and-Vietnam-hold-a-Workshop- on-the-effected-of-climate-change-10232014090423.html

II. Viet Nam

Viet Nam Net International forum offers recommendations on climate-change adaptation (English) http://m.english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/114814/sea-countries-share-experience-on- building-resilience-to-climate-change-impacts.html

Viet Nam News http://vietnamnews.vn/environment/261955/climate-pact-inked-in-cambodia.html (English)

VTV1 24 Oct 2014: Live news on VTV1 at 18.30 pm (English) In Dec 1014: News on CF in Soc Trang and Cambodia in the programme “international cooperation to climate change adaptation” on VTV1. 6 Nov 2014: Show trailer of BCR CCTV Series film on VTV at 17.45. (English)

VOV 23 October 2014: News on Vov at 18.00 p.m (at 19th minute) (Vietnamese) http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvov1.vov.vn%2Fthoi-su-21h30%2Fthoi-su- dem-ngay-23102014-trong-ba-ngay-qua-hang-tram-hoc-sinh-tai-tp-hcm-nghi-c29- 14232.aspx&h=bAQEOe2bN

VTC http://vtc.com.vn/vod/83311/Viet-Nam-va-the-gioi-23-10-2014.html (Vietnamese) VN News Agency VN News Agency news at 18.00 p.m on 23 October 2014

VTV2 The 2nd week of Dec 2014: One feature about CF and field trip in Cambodia on VTV2

III. Thailand

Thai PBS 22 November 2014: Coastal erosion on the Gulf of Thailand (Thai) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN1XJ91aUbo 29 November 2014: Coastal erosion in ASEAN (Thai) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5NRzTBLLo

Appendix 5: Participant list

Viet Nam Participants

Email No. Full name Gender Organization Position address Can Gio Forest Huỳnh

1 M Management Vice Director [email protected] Đức Hoàn Board GIZ - Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Planning for Huynh Technical 2 M Coastal Area Huu To Officer Management in Ca Mau - CCCEP/ ICMP Program in the Mekong Delta Head - Natural Can Gio Forest Resource Cao Huy

3 M Management Management [email protected] Bình Board and Development Department Director - Center for Nguyễn Can Gio Forest Environment

4 Phạm M Management [email protected] al Education Thuận Board and Eco- tourism Head - Can Gio Forest Lê Quang Planning and

5 M Management [email protected] Thái Accounting Board Department Bùi Can Gio Forest 6 Nguyễn M Management Staff

Thế Kiệt Board Can Gio Forest Trần Quốc Head,

7 M Management [email protected] Tuấn Subzone I Board Nguyễn Can Gio Biosphere 8 M Local farmer Minh Tâm Reserve Trần Minh Can Gio Biosphere 9 M Local farmer Tùng Reserve Ben Tre Province - Huỳnh Lê 10 M DONRE - Climate Specialist Duy Anh Change Office Phạm Department of 11 M Vice Director Minh Agriculture and 50

Truyền Rural Development, Tra Vinh Province Nguyễn Research Institute

12 Nguyễn M Researcher [email protected] for Aquaculture II Du Trần Thị Can Gio Biosphere

13 F Local farmer [email protected] Tiền Reserve Department of Lê Thị Agriculture and Deputy Chief, 14 Hạnh F Rural Technical Chuyên Development, Tra Division Vinh Province Nguyễn Ben Tre Province - 15 M Director Văn Chinh DONRE Department of Agriculture and Cao Văn

16 M Rural Vice Director [email protected] Viết Development, Ben Tre Province Provincial People's Trần Anh Vice 17 M Committee, Ben Tuấn Chairman Tre Province Thanh Phu District Nguyễn People's 18 Minh M Chairman Committee, Ben Cảnh Tre Province Thanh Phong Nguyễn Commune 19 Văn M People's Chairman Kháng Committee, Ben Tre Province VASI - Center for Nguyễn Planning and

20 Thị Kim F Integrated Coastal Researcher [email protected] Hoàng Management - PAICOM VASI - Center for Nguyễn Planning and

21 Ngọc Bảo F Integrated Coastal Specialist [email protected] Trâm Management - PAICOM Soc Trang 22 Lâm Văn M People's Vice Mẫn Committee Chairman Trần Văn 23 M Soc Trang DoNRE [email protected] Thanh Vice Director Cu Lao Dung 24 Phạm M District People's Vice Hồng Văn Committee chairman Lâm Thị Marine Resources 25 Thanh F Department, Soc [email protected] Diễm Trang DONRE Specialist Standing Nguyễn Soc Trang member of 26 F [email protected] Thị Mỹ Women's Union Soc Trang Loan WU 51

Thạch Cu Lao Dung 27 M Sơn District Farmer Chairman, Farmer Association of 28 M Trần Văn Trung Binh Cần Commune Chairman Ngô 29 Thành M Soc Trang DARD Khương Office Head Võ Hoàng

30 M Soc Trang DARD [email protected] Đan Deputy Chief, Hoàng 31 M Kien Giang DARD Vice Director Văn Tuấn Nguyễn Kien Giang

32 Thành M Province, sub Specialist [email protected] Gương VASI Women Women's Union of Nguyễn Union 33 F Trung Binh Thị Thu representativ Commune Thảo e Mekong Trinh Thi

34 F IUCN VN Program [email protected] Cuc Tien Assistant Lưu Kien Giang Chief, Sub

35 Thành M [email protected] Province, DONRE VASI Nghĩa Dương Deputy Chief, Kien Giang

36 Thanh M Economic [email protected] Province, PPC Nhã Division Hon Dat-Kien Ha Phan Văn Forest

37 M Director [email protected] Hùng Management Board Nguyễn Kien Giang Vice 38 F Thị Thay Women's Union Chairwoman Kien Giang Deputy chief, Phan Thị 39 F Province, sub Administratio Ngọc Liễu VASI n Division Hon Dat District's Lê Văn 40 M Farmer Chairman Cứng Association

Binh Son [email protected] Trần Commune Vice 41 Trọng M People's Chairman Thiều Committee

Hồ Vĩnh Viet Nam Reporter [email protected] 42 Phú F Television 2 (VTV2) Trần Thục Vietnamnet Reporter 43 Anh F

Chu Văn Viet Nam Reporter [email protected] 44 Vui M Television 2 (VTV2) Bồ Xuân Viet Nam News Reporter 45 M Hiệp Agency

Lê Đình Thanh Nien Reporter [email protected] 46 Tuyển M Newspaper Nguyễn The Radio Voice Journalist [email protected] 47 Hùng M of Vietnam Cùong Phan Thi Viet Nam News Corresponde 48 Le Hang F Agency nt/Editor [email protected] Nguyễn Viet Nam Reporter [email protected]

49 Mạnh M Television 2 om Cường (VTV3) Colm

50 M IUCN VN Intern [email protected] Power Mekong Andrew

51 M IUCN VN Program [email protected] Wyatt Manager Duong MCC Project

52 Thanh M IUCN VN Field [email protected] Thoai Coordinator Tang BCR Field

53 Phuong M IUCN VN [email protected] Coordinator Gian Admin and Nguyen

54 F IUCN VN Accountant [email protected] Thu Trang Assistant Nguyen Thi BCR Field

55 F IUCN VN [email protected] Phuong Coordinator Thanh Nguyen AKT Service Co.,

56 Duy Bao M Interpreter [email protected] Ltd Khang Nguyen AKT Service Co., [email protected] 57 M Interpreter

Dinh Huy Ltd rg Viet Nam [email protected] 58 TBC M Administration for Deputy Chief

om Sea and Islands GIZ - Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Nguyen Planning for Technical

59 Thi Viet F Coastal Area [email protected] Officer Phuong Management in Ca Mau - CCCEP/ ICMP Program in the Mekong Delta

Thai Participants list

No. Full name Gender Organization Position

Gulf of Trat Coastal 1 Kalong Had-An M Community Member Communuity Network

Gulf of Trat Coastal 2 Chanya HatArn F Community Member Communuity Network Suppakit Gulf of Trat Coastal 3 M Community Member Huangnam Communuity Network Chanchai Gulf of Trat Coastal 4 M Community Member Bawonsathit Communuity Network Gulf of Trat Coastal 5 Phisan Sawatdi M Community Member Communuity Network Somchai Gulf of Trat Coastal 6 M Community Member Sornpradit Communuity Network Channarong Gulf of Trat Coastal 7 M Community Member Rungsri Communuity Network Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 8 Long Chalalai M Community Member Province Nuannapa Gulf of Trat Coastal 9 F Community Member Sornpradit Communuity Network Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 10 Nipha Pan-Ngoen F Community Member Province Thiti Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 11 M Community Member Thawonthanon Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 12 Jttima Jaroenpol F Community Member Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 13 Rat Khamkuea M Community Member Province Chatham Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 14 M Community Member Thianchai Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 15 Piphat Phuphan M Community Member Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 16 Yutthana Owat M Community Member Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 17 Rawee Silaart M Community Member Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 18 Phaiwan Si-In M Community Member Province Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 19 Chanya Sinuan F Community Member Province Chatdaporn Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 20 F Community Member Poottha Province Kittapas Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 21 M Community Member Sreesangkajorn Province Phornpat Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 22 F Community Member Sreesangkajorn Province Pairoh Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 23 F Community Member Wichitrsombat Province Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 24 Prawing Nimmak F Community Member Province Teerapol Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 25 M Community Member Wuttiphornprasert Province Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 26 Songkram Putta M Community Member Province Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 27 Surachai Ruenjit M Community Member Province

Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 28 Winai Sakorn M Community Member Province Surasak Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 29 M Community Member Intaraprasert Province Mai Root Sub-district, Trat 30 Suree Phongsai F Community Member Province Paphawarin Mai Root Sub-district, Trat Sub-district Administration 31 F Nachampa Province Organization

Kanrayani Mai Root Sub-district, Trat Sub-district Administration 32 F Karaphakdi Province Organization

Phairin Bang Chan Sub-district, 33 M Community Member Olanphaiboon Chanthaburi Province Pissanu Bang Chan Sub-district, 34 M Community Member Ninchavee Chanthaburi Province Bang Chan Sub-district, 35 Sunee Ninchavee F Community Member Chanthaburi Province Kwanmueang Bang Chan Sub-district, 36 F Community Member Jaran Chanthaburi Province Bang Chan Sub-district, 37 Marut Piphatchaikit M Community Member Chanthaburi Province Chatchai Bang Chan Sub-district, 38 M Community Member Kaewsongduang Chanthaburi Province Bang Chan Sub-district, 39 Han Chueanchuea M Community Member Chanthaburi Province Satit Bang Chan Sub-district, 40 M Community Member Kongsirikamheng Chanthaburi Province Suwanna Bang Chan Sub-district, 41 F Community Member Kumpitak Chanthaburi Province Chonchanok Bua- Bang Chan Sub-district, 42 F Community Member Ngam Chanthaburi Province Provincial Governnor (Koh Jintana 43 F Trat Province Chang office space and Singhathep related areas) Laem Klat Sub-district, Trat 44 Yupin Hadarn F Community Member Province Dan Kao Mangrove 45 Winai Boonlom M Trat Province Management Station

46 Winai Kawichai M Trat Province Koh Chang

Sucheep Provincial Governnor 47 M Chanthaburi Province Phanchan (Provincial officer)

48 Thirat Intusai M Chanthaburi Province Provincial Fisheries Office Thititap 49 M Chanthaburi Province Klung District Chief Bunyaratpan Klung Mangrove 50 Watthai Chuchuen M Chanthaburi Province Management Station

Janchai 51 F Chanthaburi Province District Fisheries Office Rojanamon 52 Chayapa Anamwat F Chanthaburi Province Thailand Research Fund Wipaphan 53 F Central Translator Korkeatkachorn 54 Surat Turcot F Central Translator Marine and Coastal Wanchat East Center (Rayong 55 M Resources Center 1 Thongpan Province) (Rayong) Officer Ravadee 56 F Central SDF Prasertcharoensuk Yaowalak 57 F Central SDF Chanthamas 58 Jonathan Shott M Central SDF Phwat 59 M Central SDF Kanchanawong

Thai Media

No. Full name Gender Organization Position 1 Mr Louis Bourne M IUCN SEA IUCN Consultant 2 Mr Peter Langdahl M IUCN SEA IUCN Intern Mr Watchara 3 M Paradisal Media TV programme producer Prachanklang Mr Tonchirat 4 M Paradisal Media Cameraman Songsurin

Mr Kritchakorn Christian University of 5 M Student Sornkhum Thailand

Mr Wutthikom Christian University of 6 Sombunratanacha M Student Thailand rune Mr Peerapat 7 M Sripatum University Student Senlalai Mr Prakasit 8 M Sripatum University Student Nuansiri Mr Suthad 9 M Thai PBS Lekkedphol Cameraman Mr Preecha 10 M Thai PBS Buamkuntod Cameraman Mr Oangart 11 M Thai PBS Audio-Visual Technician Kantasuwannakul Mr Thanapong 12 F Thai PBS Senior Training Officer Thipsikum Ms Warakorn 13 F Sripatum University Lecturer Chaitiamvong Ms Siriporn 14 F Thai PBS Producer Tungarom Ms Nittaya 15 F Thai PBS News Reporter Keeratisermsin 56

Ms Darin Klong- 16 F Thai PBS News Editor Ugkara Ms Pattaporn 17 F Thai PBS Research Officer Suwannachot Ms Yada 18 F Thai PBS Foreign Affairs Officer Thonganantamars IUCN Southeast Asia Participants

No. Full name Gender Organization Position

1 Dr Robert Mather M IUCN SEA Head, SEA Group

Ms Siriporn 2 F IUCN SEA Programme Officer, SEA Group Kunlapatanasuwan

3 Senior Communications Officer, SEA Ms Dararat Weerapong F IUCN SEA Group Ms Supranee IUCN M Field Coordinator 4 Kampongsun Thailand IUCN Mr Alec Ansusinha M IUCN Intern 5 Thailand

Ms Ria Sen F IUCN SEA Programme Assistant, SEA Group 6 Senior 7 Advisor, Mr Donald Macintosh M IUCN ARO Mangroves for the Future

Cambodia Participants list

No Full name Gender Organization Position H.E. Say Koh Kong Province Deputy Governor 1 M Socheat 2 Mr Hun Marady M Department of Environmental Deputy Department Fisheries Administration Chief 3 Mr Lang Kiry M Cantonment 4 Mr Bun Biev M Tourist Department Chief 5 Mr Oul Rann M PKWS Director 6 Mr Yem Yan M Peam Krasop Commune Chief Mr Khun Koh Kapik Cmmune Chief 7 M Vanna Koh Kapik Community Protected Chief 8 Mrs Prak Hieng F Area Peam Krasop Community Protected Committee member 9 Mr Vong Dara M Area Beung Kachhang Community Chief 10 Mr. Lorn Rith M Protected Area 11 Mr. Saut Yea M Kampot Province Deputy Governor 12 Mr. Suy Thea M Department of Environmental Director 13 Mr. Danh Sary M Department of Land Use and Deputy Department 57

Construction Tourist Department, Kampot Director 14 Mr. Say Sinol M province Mr. Sar Department of Planning Deputy Chief 15 M Saroeun Trapaing Sangke Fisheries Chief 16 Mr. Seom Him M Community 17 Mr. Kang Von M Fisheries Community Deputy Chief H.E. Chhin Preah Sihanouk Province Deputy Governor 18 M Sengngoun 19 Mr. Prav Vong M Department of Environment Deputy Department Mr. Ohhum Preah Sihanouk Fisheries Acting Chief 20 M Him houy Administration Cantonment Preah Sihanouk Administration and Officer 21 Mr. Sen Rorn M ICM Project Department of Water Resources and Director 22 Mr. Ang Dara M Meteorology Mr. Chhoum Department of Agriculture Deputy Department 23 M Chanthol H.E. Chay GDANCP, MoE General Director 24 M Samith 25 Mr. Sy Ramony M Department of Wildlife, MoE Director Mr. Chhun Department of Climate Change, Office Chief 26 M Seiha MoE Department of Research and Office Chief Mr.Pouk 27 M Community Protected Area Bunthet Development 29 Mr. Samut Tel M Cambodia Broadcast Service (CNT) Camera Man Mr. Khan AKP Reporter 30 M Sophearom Mr. Vang Khmer Daily News Reporter 31 M Pheakdey Mr. Siv Sunrise Cooperation Translator 32 M Sokleang Mr. Nguon Sunrise Cooperation Translator 33 M Ngoeun Mr. Kong Kim IUCN Senior Program Officer 34 M Sreng 35 Mr. Sun Kong M IUCN BCR Field Coordinator Mr. Sorn IUCN MWD Field Coordinator 36 M Pheakdey 37 Mr. Sum Touch M IUCN Finance Staff Mr. Sar IUCN Finance Assistance Staff 38 M Kimleong Mss. Chin IUCN Staff 39 F Sdeung Mr. Sem MoE Deputy Department 40 M Sopheak 41 Mr. Meas Rithy M MoE Deputy Office Mr. Sreng MoE Deputy Office 42 M Sophal 43 Mr. Huot Sinat M FACT Officer 58

Mr. Youk FACT Program manager 44 M Senglong Mr. Kan CORiN Officer 45 M Ponhrith Mrs. Pove Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Volunteer 46 F Pagna Co., Ltd. 47 Mr. Tu Sry M IUCN Driver 48 Mr. Dy Kiden M MoE Deputy Department Ms. Meas Freeland Consultant Master of Ceremony 49 F Chanthyda 50 Mr. Thol Dinal M FACT Volunteer Mss. Hun Student Volunteer 51 F Sophea Mss. Thap Student Volunteer 52 F Rachana Mss. Noun Student Volunteer 53 F Chandany Mss. Sek Student Volunteer 54 F Sreymao Mss. Ngim Student Volunteer 55 F Sreytouch Ms. Mean Department of Wetlands and Deputy Department 56 F Sokoun Coastal Zones ,GDANCP, MoE Mr Yin Department of Education and Deputy Department 57 M Bunnang information, MoE 58 Mr. Sak Da M Kampot provincial Officer Mr. Den RFA Report 59 M Ayutheay

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