For the benefit of the project first beneficiaries, i.e. the coastal
communities, CHARM has developed its approach around
a number of co-management attributes including participation,
partnership, capacity building, development of integrated
approaches and methods, and learning and adaptation. It has
shown that the future of coastal resources co-management for
better coastal governance in Thailand is on one hand with skilled
self-organized community-based organizations and on the other
hand strong, committed and enlightened local governments. It is
from these two driving forces that a scheme or model of coastal co-
management and governance has been proposed throughout the
following local government units and territories