Questions/Answers
Question 1
Please briefly describe the initiative, what issue or challenge it aims to address and specify its objectives. (300 words maximum)
To provide citizens with knowledge and understanding of climate change from assessing the carbon sequestration of trees, increasing green space by planting their own trees, and to develop organic farming for reducing residual chemicals into the environment. The work has created a public sector engagement mechanism from government, private sectors, and the public in the implementation of the project to create a mechanism for participation in giving people the opportunity to think, make decisions, operate and monitor the results of operations. Creating sustainability for people to ensure that can become self-reliant through joint discussions with relevant network partners In order to be aware of problems and set guidelines for solving problems together and covering all sectors. Enhance knowledge and understanding of climate change and assess the integrated carbon sequestration of trees.
Question 2
Please explain how the initiative is linked to the selected category. (100 words maximum)
Consistency with 3 branches in development of efficiency and responsibility in government agencies by defining concepts for creating knowledge and understanding of climate change. Establish public and social participation mechanism, express opinions, plan, make decisions, participate in and evaluate the project at every stage for resulting in transparency. A clear responsible delegation gives access to problems and solutions by engaging with the public sector.
Question 3
a. Please specify which SDGs and target(s) the initiative supports and describe concretely how the initiative has contributed to their implementation. (200 words maximum)
Empowering the involvement of climate change in the Paris agreement context and consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals 13th. Ensures that people have the potential to be able to reduce the visual impact caused by climate change. Through The certified assessment of greenhouse gas reduction from carbon sequestration of trees in the area. By counting tree number 548 trees as rate of 134.24 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. And organic farming causing the network of school safety food for 5 places.
b. Please describe what makes the initiative sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms. (100 words maximum)
Sustainable in all aspects
Social Aspect There is an integration of work and links between networks in all sectors, consisting of government agencies is supporting the knowledge, subsidizing, and seedlings. The government agencies are including the Department of Environmental Quality of Phutsa Municipality, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), Forest Management Bureau No.8 (Nakhonratchasima Province) and Vongchavalitkul University.
The private sector, is a supporter of organic farming knowledge, planting the forest family, including the Federation of Organic Agriculture, Panda Family Camp Innovation Transfer Center.
The public sector is the co-operation since the problem identification, project writing, and follow-up evaluation are the network of volunteer for protecting village resources.
Economic Aspect Promote the organic farming to distribution channels and network of safety food in school areas. There are measures to support the marketing of organic safety food network composed of schools in the area. Farmers who are transformed chemicals agricultural to organic agriculture and the prototype area of organic agriculture. In order to create a system of mutual dependency in Phutsa subdistrict, Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima.
Environmental Aspect Understanding climate change and can be estimated to reduce greenhouse gas (LESS) from the carbon sequestration assessment of trees in the area.
Question 4
a. Please explain how the initiative has addressed a significant shortfall in governance, public administration or public service within the context of a given country or region. (200 words maximum)
It is important because it represents the effectiveness and responsibility of the solution to the public. Network of 5 food-safe schools and assessed carbon sequestration of trees in the amount of 134.24 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent make the people have the potential to work on climate change excellent. With a network of volunteers protecting natural resources and the village environment take a role as a partner in every decision making process. Regional Environment Office 11 Nakhon Ratchasima is supporting the implementation of various cognitive development training services for volunteer networks, natural resources, and village environment, community leaders, Local administrative organizations in the area where the network needs to implement those knowledge to develop or implement the project more efficiently. With participatory operations in an integrated process for all sectors In order to be transparent.
b. Please describe how your initiative addresses gender inequality in the country context. (100 words maximum)
The participation of all sectors are now integrated, so that all partners of all ages. Can be involved from the start of the problem assignment, support knowledge in the Tree measurement for the evaluation of the carbon sequestration assessment of trees, planting trees and organic agricultural linked with a safety food network school for evaluation and monitoring. Which is from participation in all ages, contributes to the variation of knowledge exchange and driving approach to sustainability.
c. Please describe who the target group(s) were, and explain how the initiative improved outcomes for these target groups. (200 words maximum)
The target group is people in the city area of Phutsa Municipality. As a result, the positive impact has strengthened the climate change performance by planting trees and evaluating the carbon sequestration of the trees number of 134.24, carbon dioxide equivalent. And the development of organic farming in the food supply of the province from which the majority of ex-farmers, about 80 percent still use chemical pesticides, change to a chemical-free vegetables and sent to the school in the Phutsa Community used in cooking for the children of the community to consume safe food.
Question 5
a. Please describe how the initiative was implemented including key developments and steps, monitoring and evaluation activities, and the chronology. (300 words)
Carry out the exchange of learning and sharing among network partners from activities for organizing meetings, study visits, from discussions together to be aware of problems and determine ways to solve problems together in the form of a working group covering all sectors. Enhance knowledge and understanding of climate change and integration of training, study and practice “the family’s forest’, evaluating the carbon sequestration of the trees, organic farming, progress in co-operation with the authorities co-operated and a workshop on lessons learned. Action to reduce greenhouse gases under the Paris Agreement.
b. Please clearly explain the obstacles encountered and how they were overcome. (100 words)
The process of community participation requires effort and continuous operations. Because most communities are engaged as employee, so they do not have enough time to participate in activities. Therefore, in operation, it is necessary to keep track of the stick and focus on the activities that are practical, with the training, education, and implementation of the organic agricultural effects. So, there are a little of communities that are changing the way organic farming.
Question 6
a. Please explain in what ways the initiative is innovative in the context of your country or region. (100 words maximum)
Enhancing the implementation of climate change, in the Phutsa Municipality. The process involved a civil state, by tree planting and carbon sequestration rate of 134.24 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The Woodlands Community of Phutsa Municipality has never been performed before and the development of organic farming through 5 schools, which would alter the way of farming. It is appropriate to strengthen the implementation of climate change under the Paris Agreement.
b. Please describe, if relevant, how the initiative drew inspiration from successful initiative in other regions, countries and localities. (100 words maximum)
Civil state participation process is an innovation in enhancing understanding of climate change for people. Based on the assessment of carbon sequestration by plants. In collaboration with partners from all sectors. Allowing people to share ideas Comment joint decision making and monitoring of projects to ensure transparency.
Question 7
a. Has the initiative been transferred and/or adapted to other contexts (e.g. other cities, countries or regions) to your organization’s knowledge? If yes, please explain where and how. (200 words maximum)
Have transferred knowledge to Network in the area of Nong Pook Forest and Sra Yai Chi Temple which has further strengthened the capacity to implement climate change under the Paris Agreement and apply the greenhouse gas reduction (LESS) to community waste management. The methods offered by institutions around the world apply to all regions.
b. If not yet transferred/adapted to other contexts, please describe the potential for transferability. (200 words maximum)
Organic farming of Phutsa subdistrict will be expanded and linked to health promoting hospitals and measurement the operations in Environmental Health Accreditation (EHA) of the Department of Health.
Question 8
a. What specific resources (i.e. financial, human or others) were used to implement the initiative? (100 words maximum)
Use the budget resources of 120,000 baht to promote both theoretical and practical knowledge, sponsored by the Phutsa Municipality. In the conference Equipment and facilities for meetings and events, such as chairs, sound knowledge of the private sector in organic farming and reforestation family and the community as a wild selection of tree planting and carbon sequestration rate of the trees. The operational participant consists of government officers, private and public sector officers.
b. Please explain what makes the initiative sustainable over time, in financial and institutional terms. (100 words maximum)
Social Aspect There is a volunteers network to protect natural resources and environment in villages of Phutsa Subdistrict. In reducing and assessing greenhouse gas emissions, establish a working group to drive the project together. Both in Regional Environment Office 11 Nakhon Ratchasima, representatives of the network for protecting natural resources and village environment and local administrative organizations in the area there is also integration agencies to assist the government. Private sector in terms of budget, knowledge, technology, and equipment.
Economic Aspect There are measures to support the marketing of organic safety food network composed of schools in the area่, farmers who will change from chemicals agricultural to organic agricultural and the prototype organic agriculture. For creating a system of mutual dependency in Phutsa subdistrict, Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima.
Environmental Aspect The development of an organic farming system is developed through five school networks, modifying the original farming trajectory and expanding the results and linking to the health promoting hospitals and temples. Resulting in the use of chemicals not causing an impact on the environment, and the reduction of greenhouse gases (LESS) from the assessment of carbon sequestration of cultivated trees. Resulting in the potential of climate change operations.
Question 9
a. Was the initiative formally evaluated either internally or externally?
Yes
b. Please describe how it was evaluated and by whom? (100 words maximum)
Assessment results by method Reduction of greenhouse gases (LESS) from the assessment of carbon sequestration of planted trees in the amount of 134.24 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. From external auditor organization is Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO).
c. Please describe the indicators and tools used. (100 words maximum)
Internal indicators include planting trees and assessing the development of trees and organic agricultural systems in the area.
External indicators include innovation, problems and accounting, consistency of community context in this study. And there is an extension of organic agriculture of Phutsa subdistrict, which will connect to health promoting hospitals and temples.
d. What were the main findings of the evaluation (e.g. adequacy of resources mobilized for the initiative, quality of implementation and challenges faced, main outcomes, sustainability of the initiative, impacts) and how this information is being used to inform the initiative’s implementation. (200 words maximum)
The result is 100 percent of the people participating in the project have knowledge about assessing carbon sequestration of trees. Developing an organic farming system through a network of 5 schools in parallel with maintaining sustainable environment reducing CO2 gas via Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) as auditor.
Question 10
Please describe how the initiative strives to work in an integrated manner within its institutional landscape – for example, how does the initiative work horizontally and/or vertically across different levels of government? (200 words maximum)
1.Network for the protection of village resources in Phutsa subdistrict and farmers' groups as the main network manager to protect village resources in the area.
2.The Department of Environmental Quality is supportive in knowledge and budget of the project implementation.
3.Phutsa Municipality is working as a partnership by becoming a project driven committee. As well as an agency that requests for certification of the greenhouse gas reduction assessment (LESS) as a supporter of operations. Both in the meeting place, equipment and facilities for meetings and activities such as chairs, audio systems, etc.
4.Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) is a promoter in assessing of carbon sequestration of trees.
5.Forest Management Bureau No.8 (Nakhon Ratchasima Province) is a promoting a knowledge of measuring trees for use in the assessment of carbon sequestration of trees.
6.Seedling Center is a supportive of seedlings in forest planting and increase green areas activities.
7.Vongchavalitkul University is a network of cooperation in driving organic farming with a channel of organic agriculture in local schools for safety food.
8.Federation of Organic Agriculture is a network of cooperation in driving organic farming and a knowledge advocate for organic farming operations.
Question 11
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts emphasis on collaboration, engagement, partnerships, and inclusion. Please describe which stakeholders were engaged in designing, implementing and evaluating the initiative and how this engagement took place. (200 words maximum)
- Regional Environment Office 11 Nakhon Ratchasima defines the concept for knowledge and understanding about climate change. Evaluating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to create mechanisms for teamwork participation between officials and the public sector. Providing the public with knowledge in assessing greenhouse gas emissions from trees. Including being able to develop into an organic system.
- Phutsa resources protection network identify problems and operating event, transfer knowledge and technology.
- Department of Environmental Quality is supportive of knowledge and budget of the project.
- Putsa Municipality is agency that requests for certification of the greenhouse gas reduction assessment (LESS) and as a supporter of operations.
- Ruam Jai Tam Roi Pho Learning Center, Phetchaburi is played a role of knowledge transfer.
- Forest Management Bureau No.8 and Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) are promoting a knowledge of measuring trees for use in assessment of carbon sequestration of trees.
- Seedling Center is a supportive of seedlings in forest planting and increase green areas activities.
- Vongchavalitkul University is driving in organic farming with organic agriculture channel in local schools for safety food.
- Federation of Organic Agriculture is a organic farming cooperation and a knowledge advocate for organic farming operations.
Question 12
Please describe the key lessons learned, and how your organization plans to improve the initiative. (200 words maximum)
Participation of public and network partners from the outset, defining problems, planning projects, implementation, evaluation and lessons learning by following the “Plan Do Check Act (PDCA)” principal. Coupled with strengthening knowledge and operating continuously. It leads to a solution that meets the local public need and truly solves the problem.