Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558 – 2564 (2015-2021).

The Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558-2564 (2015-2021) is the principal biological diversity plan of Thailand, developed in compliance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, under which it states that each Contracting Party shall develop national strategies, plans or programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Biodiversity supports and strengthens ecosystems functions and services necessary for human well-being, food security, sanitation, communities’ way of life, economy development, as well as poverty eradication. Valuation and protection of biodiversity are of service to humans in various aspects; such as, good heath, increasing in food security and poverty mitigation, assisting human adaptability to climate change, including carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation.
The Master Plan Vision states that: by 2021, people live in harmony with nature, and the government along with all sectors promotes and supports the protection, conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity. Its Mission has the following goals: 1) Integrate the management for protection, restoration and utilization of biodiversity. 2) Increase policy and management importance, raise social awareness on roles and importance of biodiversity to sustainable development and green economy, including livelihood and way of life of the people. Its Objectives are: 1) Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across public and civil society sectors. 2) Reduce direct pressures on biodiversity and promote sustainable utilization of biodiversity. 3) Improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity. 4) Enable management to enhance the benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem services. 5) Enhance management and implementation of biodiversity-related obligations through participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building.