Conservation of green area in Wat Pas: A case study of Ubon Ratchathani province.

Conservation of green area in Wat Pas: A case study of Ubon Ratchathani province.

Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University

Project Title:

Conservation of green area in Wat Pas: A case study of Ubon Ratchathani province.

Researcher (s):

Assoc. Prof.Sura Pattanakiat (Project Manager)
Asst. Prof.Thamarat Phutthai (Co – researcher)
Uthaiwan Phewphan (Co – researcher)

This research involves the study of green areas within Wat Pas (forest monastery) in Ubon Ratchathani Province. Temporary plots were placed within the forest monastery study area, 20 meters by 50 meters in size, to study plant communities across 14 plots (13 forest monasteries). The findings suggests that the plant communities within the study areas can be classified into 2 main types, namely dry evergreen forest and dry dipterocarp forest. A list of forest monastery names, dominant species and diversity based on the Shannon-Weiner index, are shown in table 1

In addition, the assessment of plant species within the green areas of the forest monasteries, using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), found that there are 30 species of plants out of a total of 171 species that are on the IUCN red list. A majority of the species of plants are in the Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae family. These can be categorized in accordance to risk levels as Critically endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), Vulnerable (VU), Near threatened (NT) and Least concerned (LC). The status for each plant species, listed from CR to VU, are shown in table 2.

Key Contact Person:
Assoc. Prof.Sura Pattanakiat
Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University
+66 2441 5000 ext. 1221 or 3344
sura.pat@mahidol.ac.th