14.5.4 Collaboration for shared aquatic ecosystems

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) collaborates with the local community in efforts to maintain shared aquatic ecosystems, both along Saen Saeb Canal beside Prasarnmit Campus in Bangkok and on the Chanthaburi coast. The evidence is publicly available on the University's official pages.

Collaboration with the Khao Sam Phao Khwam Coastal Community, Chanthaburi (21–23 May 2025)

The University works with coastal communities to look after shared marine ecosystems. In the SWU Sea Conservation Project on 21–23 May 2025, 25 teachers, villagers and local network partners from the Khao Sam Phao Khwam community in Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi Province, worked with SWU students and staff to deploy artificial coral reef structures, release crabs and clean the beach. Community leaders taught the students how to make the rope reef structures and shared local knowledge of mangrove and marine resources, and the students learned about mangrove conservation at the Kung Krabaen Bay Mangrove Nature Study Centre. The project strengthened the community's role as a partner of the University in caring for shared coastal and marine resources.

The photographs below show a community leader demonstrating how to make artificial coral reef rope structures, and SWU students, staff and community partners on the coast.

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SWU Rak Khlong Saen Saeb (SWU Loves Saen Saeb Canal)

Through the "SWU Rak Khlong Saen Saeb" programme, the University works with nearby schools and communities to raise awareness, change behaviour and improve the condition of Saen Saeb Canal, which runs beside Prasarnmit Campus and connects to Bangkok's wider river system. Campus measures that reduce solid waste and treat wastewater also limit pollution reaching this shared aquatic ecosystem.