STATE OF COASTAL RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN THAILAND

This paper firstly presents an overview of the state of coastal resources available in Thailand. It then highlights the pollutants and their causes which jeopardize the preservation and protection of these resources. The government's efforts to maintain a favorable coastal environment rest with several planning, policy making and implementing agencies. The government mechanism through the various agencies are also featured. Case studies, past and present, directed on coastal resource management are discussed and constraints of implementation are pinpointed.