STATE OF LAND AND LAND USE IN THAILAND

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1 STATE OF LAND AND LAND USE IN THAILAND Regional expert workshop on land accounting for SDGs monitoring and reporting Bangkok, September 2017 By: National Statistics Office, Office of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy and Planning

2 TOPICS Types and challenges of land use in Thailand The National Policies and Strategies

3 Percentages of Land Use Community 5% Water 3% Others 4% Forest 34% Agriculture 54% Agriculture Forest Community Water Others

4 Forest area (Hectares) % Forest per total State Land Invaded Years Causes Invade for agriculture reasons Occupied state land by Landlords illegally Make fake/illegal land certificate Forest Area (Hectares) % forest/total

5 Challenges of Land Use City plan and urban area expansion Law enforcement and economic instrument Landownership Land database Soil quality Climate change Mineral consumption Electricity generation 12 ministries (out of 20) involve with state land

6 6 The National Policies and Strategies Prosperity Green Growth The National Strategy Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy National Economic and Social Development Plan แผนจ ดการค ณภาพส งแวดล อม พ.ศ Land and Land Use Management Plan

7 7 Land and Land Use Management Plan Keep balance between conservation and utilization of land 2. Improve land use and soil quality beneficially 3. Provide land to the poor equally 4. Manage land and soil efficiently

8 Land Accounts Status in Thailand and NSO role

9 Content Thailand Statistical System and role of NSO Data existing related to Land accounts Thailand s NSDI Challenges

10 Thailand Statistical System A decentralized statistical system Thailand NSO is responsible for collecting and publishing fundamental statistics for national development coordinate with line ministries to formulate 21 sector Statistics Development Plans Each province has provincial statistical bureau in charge of collecting data for periodical surveys of NSO and coordinate with statistical agencies within provinces 3

11 Thailand Statistical Master Plan

12 Natural Resource and Environment Statistics Development Plan Was formulated by Natural Resource and Environment Statistics Committee which chaired by Permanent Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry(NREM) and secretariat by office of permanent secretary of NREM and NSO. Consist of Policies related to natural resources and environment in line with National Economic and Social Development Plan Relevant indicators and statistics for those policy and status of data availability. statistical capacity development for related agencies. 5

13 Natural Resources and Environment Sector National Resources and Environment Ministry of National Resources and Environment National Resources Environmental quality and pollution Natural disasters and Mitigation Meteorology and Climate Change Mineral resources Soil and land resources Marine and coastal resources Soil quality Air quality water quality Noise pollution Natural disaster Mitigation Weather Climate change Water resources Waste Forest resources Biological resources Hazardous waste Community environment Environmental development organization 6

14 Some data existing related to Land accounts Statistics Data source Responsible agency Land allocation for agriculture Administrative record Agricultural reform office Agriculture Census Census 2013 NSO Forest area Satellite image Forest department Land use Administrative record Land development department rehabilitated and prevented erosion agricultural area Administrative record Land Development Department

15 NSO-GIS : Agriculture Census Metadata

16 Thailand s NSDI Devolopment and Implementation Framework ;

17 Challenges 1. There are many laws relate to natural resources and the environment management with different legal definitions. Some data have different definitions and statistical standards. 2. Most data were used only in their own department, not be opened to public. 3. Most natural resources and environmental statistics were produced by specialized approaches.nso not involve in producing those statistics. 4. Some statistics need to be compiled from area agencies but lack of staff and budget for collecting data. It causes not meet user need in term of timeliness and not produced periodically.

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