Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558 – 2564 (2015-2021).

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.