Kanit Muangnil

Kyusei Nature Farming Center, Sara Buri 18110, Thailand
E mail: Saraburicenter@hotmail.com

Born 03 February 1952

Education
1973 B.sc. [Forestry] Kasetsart University, Thailand
1988 M.sc. [Forest Ecology]
1993 MBA [Finance] Thammasart University, Thailand

Continuing Education
1983 Reforestation Techniques and Administration, JICA [Japan]
1984 Agricultural Project Planning and Implementation, USDA [USA]
1989 Forest Sector Evaluation and Industries Planning, FAO [Malaysia]

Work Experience
1973 – 1998 Forest Industry Organization, Ministry of Agriculture and
Co-operatives
1987 – 1991 Thai-Japanese Cooperative Scientific Research Project on
"Improvement of Biological Productivity of Tropical Wastelands"
1998 – present; Kyusei Nature Farming Center, Sekai Kyusei Kyo Thai Headquarters, Saraburi, Thailand
1999 – present; Royal Forest Department and SKK Cooperation project on "Forest Conservation for the Biodiversity" at Saraburi, Thailand

Honor
1979 Award of Honor in recognition of the Contribution to Thailand's Agriculture through Protection and development of forests, by the Agricultural Science Society of Thailand.

Presentation
Saturday, September 9th, 2006 / 17:00 – 17:20

HEALING THE FORESTS THROUGH EM TECHNOLOGY

ABSTRACT
Thailand has a natural endowment of biodiversity, with a multitude of species, varieties and ecotypes in different ecosystems. This is a natural treasure and an economic asset. The direct values are through the use of species in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and eco tourism, while the indirect values occur via their contribution to the regulation of climate, water quantity and quality, erosion control, sediment retention, soil development and nutrient cycling, just to name a few. While the value of these aspects are yet to be appreciated and quantified, they need to be protected and integrated immediately on a sustainable basis into the lifestyle of Thailand for the current and future generations.
However, destruction of forests is a major problem in Thailand, and the genetic base is being eroded rapidly. Hence healing forests to enhance and enrich the biodiversity is of major economic significance. Although many techniques have been used, their success has been limited. Thus, due to the benefits of the technology of Effective Microorganisms that have been achieved in agriculture in Thailand by adopting Kyusei Nature Farming at many locations, a program was launched to enrich the biodiversity through this method. The application of EM was undertaken by volunteers using fermented compost (Bokashi) and the spraying of activated EM. The success was clearly observed within a short period of time, where both flora and fauna of the forest was increased significantly. The presentation highlights the modalities that were used for the process and quantifies the enrichment of biodiversity of this tropical evergreen forest through the use of EM Technology.

Keywords: Forests, Biodiversity, Fauna, Flora, EM Technology