When the industrialized and therefore rich but environmentally threatened province of Chonburi comes up with a strong network of Municipalities, the Phang Nga Bay rural area can see skilled self-organised community groups developing through the Andaman
Triangle Network (Phang Nga Bay as a seascape management unit)though still in need of local government support. Clearly, although in a different socio-economic context, the two initiatives have much to learn from each other while making other projects
bene fiting from their learning as shown below (Fig.4).