17 May 2007

The project "School and Community Farmland Biodiversity Conservation" has been proposed by the Thai Education Foundation, one of the six organizations winning the competition "Save the Planet: Asian TV Series".

It was sponsored in collaboration with the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU),Tokyo in the framework of ACCU-UNESCO Asia-Pacific Programme. It was also supported by the UNESCO/Japan Funding-Trust for the Promotion of Education for Sustainable Development and it is dedicated to the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (2005 - 2014).

Thai Education Foundation is an ERP partner and has been working with some 50 schools in 4 provinces of Thailand to arise community awareness on the importance of the farmland bio-diversities and conserving species that are important to their livelihoods. The project started with 8 schools and was expanded to 50 schools. It was supported by local, national and international agencies.