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Redesigning the experience-from-friends page as an easy-to-search feed, with AI helping the team screen content before publication
Jaidee has redesigned the experience-from-friends page to make stories easier to find and scroll through in a social media-style feed. AI also helps screen and recommend categories for more than 20,000 stories submitted by users, so the team can publish valuable content more quickly and accurately.
Launch of the Social Media Listening project to monitor e-cigarettes and high-risk products with the Foundation for Consumers
ChangeFusion and the Foundation for Consumers (FFC) agreed on the scope of an 18-month project to monitor e-cigarette sellers and track consumer responses to high-risk products on social media. AI will be used to analyse data and expand the keywords to keep pace with sellers’ evasion tactics.
Showcase, funding award ceremony and announcement of scale-up funding results
The event was held at Ch. Karnchang Public Company Limited. A total of 43 people from 8 partner organisations attended. Plaques and certificates were presented to 10 teams, and 3 teams were announced as recipients of scale-up funding.
Muaklek Nai: From firebreaks to a green economy, and the Muaklek Nai Nature Camp, 2-4 May
Ban Muaklek Nai and Khlong Rabad community forests in Saraburi Province are building on their firebreak work by developing ecotourism and a system for sharing income with the community’s own forest management fund. They are also holding the Muaklek Nai Nature Camp on 2-4 May B.E. 2569, opening the forest to families and children aged 7-12 to learn about nature.
Child Impact discusses adding “families” as a target group and setting up a Subdistrict-level mapping system with Khropkhrua Yim and Bureau 4
The Child Impact team met with Bureau 4 and the Khropkhrua Yim Project to plan how to bring child assessment data from the project’s expansion to 200 Subdistricts into the system, while adjusting the calculation formula to match the bureau’s evaluation team.
Ban Pak Kong Tawan Ok, Lampang: Hotspots fall to just 9 after joining the PES mechanism
Satellite data confirms that the community forest in Ban Pak Kong Tawan Ok, Lampang Province, saw a significant reduction in hotspots, to just 9, after the community joined the PES mechanism in B.E. 2569.
Doi Chang Pa Pae and Mae Pok: Firebreaks built on a village-wide pledge, backed by sensors, cameras and water management systems
The community of Ban Doi Chang Pa Pae in Lamphun Province mobilised every household to build a firebreak more than 30 kilometres long around the forest. They also installed heat and smoke sensors connected to a sprinkler system that volunteers can activate by smartphone from their accommodation, as well as IP cameras used with wind-direction data to forecast a fire’s path 1 hour ahead. Meanwhile, Ban Mae Pok in the same province invested in repairing its upstream water system to support firefighting.
Designing provincial-level forest finance tools: PES, carbon credits and Sustainability-Linked Bonds with Chiang Mai University and the Provincial Administrative Organisation
The Project held a workshop with Chiang Mai University, the Provincial Administrative Organisation, the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC), and the Royal Forest Department and Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to design financial tools for community forest stewardship. These cover the PES mechanism, provincial-level carbon credits and local-level Sustainability-Linked Bonds.
Ban Doi Pui: Thermal drones locate fire fronts beneath smoke, reducing risks to volunteers
The Ban Doi Pui forest-firefighting community in the Doi Suthep-Pui area of Chiang Mai Province used a thermal drone, supported by Wat Pha Lat, to survey the area on 25 March B.E. 2569 and locate fire fronts hidden beneath shrubs and smoke. This helped them plan firefighting efforts more accurately and safely.
Nan Forum: Bringing partners together to develop financial mechanisms for payments for ecosystem services in Nan Province
The project, together with Hug Muang Nan Foundation, RECOFTC and local partners, held the Nan Forum to develop financial tools to support community forest management in Nan Province.
Huai Pla Lod: Wet firebreaks integrated with farmland, with donated equipment reducing the time needed to create firebreaks
The community of Ban Huai Pla Lod in Tak Province uses a sprinkler system alongside farmland to create 10-20 kilometres of “wet firebreaks” that stop fireballs blown in from the surrounding forest. Meanwhile, a leaf blower funded by civil society donations has cut the time needed to create firebreaks from 1 day to just a few hours.
On-site in-depth consultations for each team across 10 provinces nationwide
Volunteer engineers from CH. Karnchang, product designers, and marketing and finance consultants conducted on-site assessments and provided recommendations from 24 February - 30 March B.E. 2569
Civil society fundraising fills the wildfire budget gap, Jan–Apr B.E. 2569
Government funding for wildfire suppression is often not actually disbursed until May, while the most critical period is January to April. Donations from the Forest Guardian fundraising campaign have therefore been turned into two-way radios and food and welfare support, helping community fire volunteers keep fighting fires for longer.
Joining the Invest for Nature forum: 20 organisations mobilise collaboration to expand investment in nature
The project team took part in the Invest for Nature Outing and Workshop in Chai Nat Province with 34 representatives from 20 organisations, developing strategies to expand collaboration on investment in nature through the PES approach
Progress on the diabetes care platform, periods 2–3: adding personalised health plans, Local Admin tools and 2 public Micro-apps
A summary of progress on the Health Promotion Platform for People Living with Diabetes in periods 2–3, covering improvements to the service user section and the Local Admin section, as well as the development of Micro-apps for public services.
Incubating grassroots innovation through a 2-day online programme
An online training programme via ZOOM, totalling 11 hours, covering design thinking, product design, online marketing, finance and accounting, and partner networks.
Inviting the private sector to co-design a sustainable PES mechanism: a workshop with Raya Heritage, Kao Mai Lanna and Hillkoff
The Project held a workshop to hear from businesses affected by PM2.5 pollution and gather ideas on forms of collaboration that could make the PES mechanism sustainable in the long term.
Expanding to 42 communities in 6 provinces: Developing PES plans with 6 mentor organisations across the North
In B.E. 2569, the Project expanded from Chiang Mai alone to 6 northern provinces, developing PES plans with 42 communities through 6 mentor organisations before selecting 25 communities to receive actual budget support.
"Our Shop, United": Three Ao Thong communities join forces to establish a fishing gear cooperative, cutting costs by 5-10%
Ban Sra Bua, Nai Thung and Na Thap visited a model cooperative in Pattani before setting up their own shared fishing gear shop in Ban Nai Thung, reducing fishers’ expenses in its first quarter
Ban Lao Nuea, Phrae: Turning forest-fire patrol routes into hiking trails to channel income back into forest protection
Ban Lao Nuea Community Forest in Song District, Phrae Province, is developing its former forest-fire patrol route into a hiking trail, returning the income to the development and protection of the community forest under the care of The Next Forest.