Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558 – 2564 (2015-2021). Country/Territory Thailand Document type Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Food security Nutrition Poverty Biodiversity Policy/planning Ecosystem preservation Genetic resources Climate change Coastal zone management Protection of environment Protection of habitats Management/conservation Protected area Protection forest Access and benefit-sharing Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes 2015-2021 Abstract The Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558-2564 (2015-2021) is the principal biological diversity plan of Thailand, developed in compliance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, under which it states that each Contracting Party shall develop national strategies, plans or programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Biodiversity supports and strengthens ecosystems functions and services necessary for human well-being, food security, sanitation, communities’ way of life, economy development, as well as poverty eradication. Valuation and protection of biodiversity are of service to humans in various aspects; such as, good heath, increasing in food security and poverty mitigation, assisting human adaptability to climate change, including carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation. Full text English Website www.cbd.int; http