The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has prepared the National Strategies on the Management and Prevention of Coastal Erosion in 2008 with missions to prevent the natural coastal areas from erosion problems, to solve and recover the eroded coasts, and to build up awareness and participation of all concerned stakeholders in order to effectively and sustainably manage, prevent and solve problems concerning with coastal erosion. The guidelines and measures in preventing and managing the coastal erosion are shown as follows:
Development and improvement of database on coastal area to use as a decision-making tool for planning and operation
Survey and collect data concerned with characteristics of coasts all over the country as well as continuously gather data regarding the coastal changes
Systematically collect and generate the database concerning the economic, social, and environmental data of the coastal community, especially, in the critical and high risk areas.
Produce up-to-date and standard databases which can process and illustrate the situation of coastal area of Thailand, are applied for coastal management in the critical and high risk areas.
Participation in the management, prevention, and solving the coastal erosion
ncrease efficiency in public relations, understanding on the coastal erosion and its managements.
Enhance capabilities of agencies, institutes, and those concerned with the coastal erosion problems.
Preparation of master plan and/or strategic plan on the integrated management of the coastal erosion
Provide opportunities for all concerned parties to participate in decision making, planning and other processes. Those help them to understand the further impacts that might be occurred, and making connection among parties for collaborative implementation, leading to goal achievement.
Establish the plan for integrated management of coastal area covering all coastal provinces and produce the strategic plan for the areas where the coastal erosion is highly intensified and management is urgently required. The plan should be related to the national policies, strategies, and National Plan for Environmental and Natural Resource Management
Preventing, Mitigating, and recovering the coastal area
Specify and classify the coastal areas that have the erosion problems or tend to be affected in the future. It is useful for selecting any protective measures that are appropriate for each area.
Establish the strategic and implementation plans with local organizations and local stakeholders.
Mitigate and recover the coastal areas, affected by coastal erosion, to their naturally-original balances or potential that can serve the services for economic and social development.
Protect the areas along the coast that are risky to be eroded by conserving natural resources, preserving the coastal ecosystems, and appropriate economic development in the area for sustainable utilization of coastal areas.
Development of the systems to monitor, examine, and control the implementation of management and protection of coastal erosion
Improve and revise the existing and relevant laws to be appropriate and efficient for its enforcement, especially in the critical and urgent area.
Specify aggressive measures in following up and monitoring the situation of coastal changes, and prepare the evaluation system for the implementation of the coastal erosion management.