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OPIC Promotes Academic Indicators for Royal Projects

OPIC Promotes Academic Indicators for Royal Projects

Matichon•General•2h ago

Reader Briefing

The Office of the Royal Development Projects Board held a workshop to standardize academic indicators for monitoring and evaluating Royal Development Projects.

  • •The Office of the Royal Development Projects Board organized a workshop at the Huai Sai Royal Development Study Center in Phetchaburi Province.
  • •Privy Councilor Palakorn Suwannarat presided over the opening of the event.
  • •The workshop aims to standardize data collection for natural resource and quality of life indicators across all study centers.
  • •The indicator system has been under development by the Office of the Royal Development Projects Board since 2003.

Overview

  • •The Office of the Royal Development Projects Board organized a workshop on the project to create indicators for Royal Development Projects at the Huai Sai Royal Development Study Center.
  • •Sasiporn Panikbutr stated that the goal is for all development study centers nationwide to collect indicator data under the same standard.
  • •Natural resource indicators include soil quality, water quantity and quality, forest ecosystem recovery, and biodiversity.
  • •Quality of life indicators include agricultural productivity and the income of farmers in the area.
  • •The application of royal initiatives, such as planting forests without planting and the wet forest system, transformed the Huai Sai Royal Development Study Center area from degraded land to a green area.
  • •Sunisa Phayakkarak noted that permanent study plots show increases in plant species, returning wildlife, and carbon sequestration capacity.
  • •Restored forests have improved soil moisture, organic matter storage, and water levels in reservoirs, allowing surrounding communities to sustainably collect forest products.
  • •The Office of the Royal Development Projects Board has been developing this indicator system since 2003.

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Key Quotes

Sunisa Phayakkarak
"People can live, the forest survives."
คนอยู่ได้ ป่าอยู่รอด

Key Entities

Organization

Office of the Royal Development Projects Board(สำนักงานคณะกรรมการพิเศษเพื่อประสานงานโครงการอันเนื่องมาจากพระราชดำริ)
The agency that organized the workshop and has developed the indicator system since 2003.
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation(กรมอุทยานแห่งชาติ สัตว์ป่า และพันธุ์พืช)ℹ️
The organization where Sunisa Phayakkarak serves as a forestry academic.

Place

Huai Sai Royal Development Study Center(ศูนย์ศึกษาการพัฒนาห้วยทรายอันเนื่องมาจากพระราชดำริ)
The venue for the workshop and an area where royal initiatives restored degraded land into green forest.
Phetchaburi Province(จังหวัดเพชรบุรี)ℹ️
The location of the Huai Sai Royal Development Study Center.

Person

Palakorn Suwannarat(พลากร สุวรรณรัฐ)
A Privy Councilor and Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Royal Development Study Centers who presided over the workshop opening.
Sasiporn Panikbutr(ศศิพร ปาณิกบุตร)
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of the Royal Development Projects Board.
Sunisa Phayakkarak(สุนิษา พยัคฆรักษ์)
A forestry academic from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.