NGOs and more generally Voluntary Organizations represent
a huge knowledgeable and skilled force in Thailand but have still to
expand the scale of their programming and joining forces with
others and with the government in order to achieve more
comprehensive coverage of large populations. Creating the condi-tions of such a development through larger scale initiatives like the
Andaman Triangle Network for Phang Nga Bay or the Trang Seas
Coastal Resource Management Plan arrangement in Trang province
became therefore an important project activity.