Exploratory co-management interventions in Kuiburi National Park, Central Thailand, including human-elephant conflict mitigation
by John W.K. Parr, Supol Jitvijak, Saowanee Saranet, Songsak Buathong
International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD), Vol. 7, No. 3, 2008

Abstract: Co-management is a developing field of protected area management. Increasingly, the practice is to involve local communities and other stakeholders in protected area planning and management. In many countries, management boards, co-management structures and other participatory mechanisms are being created. This paper reports on promoting co-management involving participatory management planning at Kuiburi National Park, Central Thailand, through the establishment of two working groups, namely a core management planning team comprising park personnel (charged with leading plan implementation), operating in parallel with a park management board working group (local people and other stakeholders). These institutional bodies participated in a park management planning process, which was fuelled by socio-economic data focusing on the high profile human-elephant conflict in the buffer zone. The initiative led to a major rethink on participatory management planning by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. The process also led to some valuable recommendations for human-elephant conflict mitigation, both at Kuiburi and the international context.

Online publication date: Tue, 09-Dec-2008

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