List of marine national parks in Thailand

Thailand has 26 Marine National Parks (MNP), 21 of which are official and 5 are still subject to different reviews.

The marine national parks are located along the coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea (16 of the parks). The total area of ​​the 21 official marine national parks is 5,810 km².

On the concept of the marine national park

The marine national parks represent a separate class from the national parks ( terrestrial , i.e. on land), and protected areas are occasionally managed in both classes. They are administered by the Marine National Park Division of the Royal Forest Department , Thailand's conservation agency.

Primary protection goals are the preservation of coral reefs , mangrove forests , seagrass meadows and the typical coastal evergreen forests of the monsoon areas (therefore not all marine NPs have water surface), as well as other special features, and also as landscape protection of the coasts and beaches ( scenery and beach ).

The most important legal bases are:

• National Park act BE 2504 (1961)
• National Forest Reserve act BE 2507 (1964)
• Wildlife Reservation act BE 2535 (1992)
• Forest act BE 2484 (1941)
• Fishery act BE 2537 (1994)

list

Legend:

• Year of official registration
• Fl. … Total area
• mFl. ... marine area (water area and transition areas)

Note: In Thailand, areas are traditionally measured in Rai , 1 Rai = 1600 m² (0.16 ha)

No.	Park name (transcription)	(engl./thai)	location	year	Fl. (km²)	mFl. (km²)	annotation
1	Khao Sam Roi Yot	อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขา สาม ร้อย ยอด	Prachuap Khiri Khan	1966	98.08	20.88	as NP C / 8 reported
2	Tarutao	อุทยานแห่งชาติ ตะ รุ เตา	Satun	1976	1,490	1,264
3	Thaleban	ทะเล บัน	Satun	1980	196	2	as NP S / 22 reported
4th	Mu Ko Ang Thong	Mu Ko [h] Ang Thong Marine National Park อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะ อ่างทอง	Surat Thani ⊙	1980	102	84	completely also Ramsar No. 1184
5	Ao Phang Nga	P [h] ang Nga Bay Marine National Park อุทยานแห่งชาติ อ่าว พังงา	Satun ⊙	1981	400	347	also designated as NP S / 1 , complete also Ramsar No. 1185
6th	Mu Ko Surin	อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะ สุรินทร์	Andaman Sea	1981	135	102.05
7th	Sirinath			1981	90	68
8th	Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet	อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขา แหลม หญ้า - หมู่ เกาะ เสม็ด	Rayong	1981	131	123
9	Had Chao Mai	Had Chao Mai Marine National Park อุทยานแห่งชาติ หาด เจ้า ไหม	⊙	1981	230.87	137.22	in Ramsar Area No. 1182 Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries
10	Mu Ko Similan	อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะ สิ มิ ลัน		1982	140	124.24
11	Mu Ko Chang	อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะ ช้าง		1982	650	458
12	Laemson	Laemson Marine National Park	⊙	1983	315	267	in Ramsar Area No. 1183 Kaper Estuary - Laemson Marine National Park - Kraburi Estuary
13	Had Nopparat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi			1983	387.90	325.96
14th	Mu Ko Preta			1984	494.38	468.38
15th	Khao Lam Pee - Had Thai Muang			1986	72	0
16	Mu Ko Lanta	อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะลันตา		1990	134	108.96
17th	Khao Lak - Lam Ru			1991	125	0
18th	Had Vanakorn			1992	38	15.36
19th	Tarn Boke Koranee			1998	104	0
20th	Mu Ko Chumphon	อุทยานแห่งชาติ หมู่ เกาะ ชุมพร		1999	317	265.55
21st	Lam Nam Kraburi			1999	160	64
22nd	Tharnsadet			-	-	-	suggested
23	Mu Ko Phayam			-	-	-	suggested
24	Had Khanom			-	-	-	suggested
25th	Ko Ra - Ko Pra Thong		Phang Nga	-	-	-	appraised
26th	Ao Manao - Khao Tanyong		Narathiwat	-	-	-	appraised
total area				(2009)	5,810.23	4,245.60

Sources: RFD / MNPD, UNEP, MPAglobal Ramsar, Wetland Database

literature

• Royal Forest Department's Marine National Park Division: Marine National Park Division Annual Report of the Royal Forest Department. Editions: Bangkok 2000
• Niras, Royal Forest Department: Marine National Park Management Model. A project document for Danced Funding Support , Bangkok 2001.
• Siriwat Paowongsa: Thailand's Marine Protected Areas. A paper presented at The World Commission on Protected Areas 2nd Southeast Asia Regional Forum 1999 in Lao PDR.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lit. Royal Forest Department, 2000, 8. Economic Benefits: (pdf, p. 7 ff)
2. ↑ Lit. Royal Forest Department, 2000, 2. Legal Frameworks for management of Marine National Parks (pdf, p. 2 ff)
3. ↑ mpaglobal.org: Thailand ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ The Annotated Ramsar List: Thailand , ramsar.org
5. ^ Wetland Database