This presentation was part of the ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme 2017 'Building Transformational Leadership Towards the SDGs' at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

1. Prosperity – a measure of
sustainability for the coastal
community of Chonburi province
By:
Tooba Masood
Darmawan
Dr. Parinda Thayanukul
Dr. Pratima Singh
2017 ProSPER.NET Leadership Programme
Building Transformational Leadership towards the Sustainable Development
Goals

2. Elements for Sustainable Development
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SustainableDevelopment
• We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to
ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a
healthy environment.
People
• We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling
lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature
Prosperity
• We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear
and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace
without sustainable development
Peace
• We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable
consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking
urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future
generations.
Planet
•We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalized
Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity,
focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all
countries, all stakeholders and all people
Partnership

3. Prosperity
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A social construct that materializes in the realm of human actions
that include productivity, infrastructure, quality of life, equity and
inclusion, environmental sustainability, and governance and
legislation
- (UN-HABITAT)

4. Prosperity
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Source: (UN-HABITAT)
Environmental
Sustainability
Equity &
Social
Inclusion
Quality of
Life
Infrastructure
Productivity

5. Case Study – Chonburi Communities
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AoUdom
• Population -20,000
• Petroleum refinery and
storage
• Private deep seaport
• Fisheries/Agriculture
LaemChabang
• Population(day) -80,000
• Population(night) -45,000
• Industries ~ 1000
• Highest investment and
employment in Chonburi
• Petroleum refinery and
storage/ Industrial
estate/Deep sea
port/Agriculture
https://blog.eduzones.com/logistics/40728

6. AO Udom
Ao Udom
Laem Chabang
Google map
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Ao Udom - Laemchabang Area
Laem
Chabang
Bangkok
Google Earth

7. 7/04/2017 Group-2 (ProSPER.NET Leadership Program, 2017) 7
Ao Udom - Laemchabang Area
https://blog.eduzones.com/logistics/40728
Ao Udom
Laemchabang

8. Industrial Development
• Thai oil refinery plant construction: 1961
• Deep Seaport / Industrial Estate: 1981 –
Present
• Phase I : 1987-1991
• Phase II: 1997-2001
• Eastern Seaboard Development
• Eastern Economic Corridor : 2017 -
Present
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Source: http://www.ieat.go.th/assets/uploads/attachment/file/20160708160444903104049.pdf

9. Source: http://www.ieat.go.th/assets/uploads/attachment/file/20160708160444903104049.pdf
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Upcoming projects
29 Industrial Estates
Foundation for efficient management
of infrastructure, utilities, and
connectivity
Automobile production Hub
Foundation of parts and material
developments for autos and available
industries
Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
Complex
Foundation of plastics, rubber, &
polymers for value-added industries
Prepared Industrial
zones for EEC
1) 21 industrial
estates are ready
to invest (app.
2,345 ha. land)
2) 6 industrial
estates are under
development
(app. 2,431 ha.
land)

10. Environmental Threats
• Tank farm explosion in 1999
• Ship containing metal sheets sunk in 2012
• Coal fire on barge sunk in 2014
• Fire on wastewater ship in 2016
• Oil spills & chemical leaks
Source: http://www.marinerthai.net
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11. Socio-Economic threats
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• Agriculture
• Aquaculture
Impact on habitat
& food security
• Industry to community
• Buying and leasing from low to high priceLeasing of land
• Lack of food safety
• Decrease in fish production
Environmental
Impact
• Identity
• Problems
• Heritage
• Future development
Community
involvement

12. Multi-Sectoral impact on the community
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Environmental Problems
• Oil Spill
• Sedimentation
• Coastal degradation
• Ecosystem destruction
Economical issues
• Business development
• Food security
• Income generation
• Compensation
Community
• Inequality
• Education
• Health
INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH

13. Approach for community development
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Communicating
Trust
Collaboration &
Integration
Self motivating
Teamwork approach
PROSPERITY

14. Conclusion - Underlying Causes
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Low literacy Rate
Health
hazards
Low
resilience
No
alternative
source of
livelihood
High
vulnerability

15. Recommendations
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Improving livelihoods through:
• Capacity building – knowledge transfer
• Vocational trainings
• Communication and marketing
• Promoting tourism and utilizing the new artificial beach
• Create conservation plan / rehabilitation plan for area
• Create pollution management plan (with monitoring plan + health fund)
• Create community network management plan (expanding to more networks
as it progresses)
• Increase multi-stakeholder participation to enhance cooperation
• Ensure proper policies in place for promoting local livelihood and costal
preservation

16. Acknowledgement
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Participants of Group 2 would like to sincerely thank the
organizers at ProSPER.NET and Chulalongkorn University
as well as Ministry of Environment Japan (MOEJ) for
providing fellowships to take part in the ProSPER.Net
Leadership Program 2017. We would also like to extend out
gratitude to all other institutes for coming together in making
this program a success. We would like to thank the experts who
took time to come and give insights about the work done in
different sectors. Lastly, we would like to thank the staff and
students of Chulalongkorn University for their support and
providing us with all the required facilities. We would also like
to thank the ground staff for helping us with tea/coffee and our
meals.