Research / RSPG

RSPG

The Plant Genetic Conservation Project under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

A monkey, a stand-in until a photograph from the museum’s own research is available
Collaboration

RSPG Southern Regional Coordinating Centre, Prince of Songkla University

The museum works with the coordinating centre to support the study of local resources in the ecosystems of the South, from the hilltops and limestone caves down to the sea

What we do under RSPG

1

Survey and record

The diversity, distribution, populations and ecology of groups of biological resources

2

Work with communities

Research carried out with communities, agencies and local administrative organisations

3

Carry it into management

Joining in resource-management policy, planning for nature-based tourism, and making learning materials

Hill myna, a stand-in until a photograph from the museum’s own research is available
An example area

Koh Phra Thong, Phangnga

An integrated research plan for the conservation of the island’s ecosystems, with the Koh Phra Thong Subdistrict Administrative Organisation and the community, on hill mynas and wild deer

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Work under RSPG

Geology of the Thai Peninsula

Exhibitions and conferences on geoheritage and fossils, with the Department of Mineral Resources and faculties at Prince of Songkla University

See the conferences
An ammonite fossil

RSPG website at Prince of Songkla University

News and activities of the coordinating centre

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Image credits: ammonite, “Ammonite fossil 3”, CC BY-SA 4.0 · the monkey and the bird are stand-ins until photographs from the museum’s own research are available