Naucrates

General Info

Seven species living in the world, all listed as endangered by International conventions (CITES, IUCN, etc) are facing different problems mostly due to human actions.

NAUCRATES together with other worldwide organizations and institutions is now working to find out the best conservation strategies which should contribute to save these animals and its habitat.

NAUCRATES focus on scientific research to collect basic information to design conservation strategy and actions. In parallel with the research, educational programme and conservation awareness activities are carried out to involve local communities in the subject.

NAUCRATES with researchers, volunteers, students, local communities, media and who want to give help, is actively working in South Thailand where a conservation project is carried out on Ko Phra Thong since 11 years.

Naucrates provides researchers and technical assistance to other countries, such as the South Mediterranean Region.

Naucrates and the Mangrove Forest

NAUCRATES is currently working in South Thailand on a mangrove community located on the west coast of Phra Thong island.

Thailand's Mangrove forest, between 1961 and 1993, have been reduced from 367,900 ha to less than 168,676 ha by conversion to other uses, such as aquaculture, mining, settlement sites, ports and roads and salt ponds, the most significant being marine shrimp aquaculture.

NAUCRATES together with Thai Institution started to collect scientific information on site in 2002, but the tsunami destroyed the study site, conducting Naucrates and its Thai collaborators to initiate a Mangrove Restoration Project.

Naucrates and Suistainable Tourism

Naucrates worked on suistainable tourism in Thailand. Naucrates is now proposing new programmes to promote suistainable-responsible tourism in Central Italy, with the aim to promote the area involving the local community and providing special experience to the participants.