Tropical Marine Ecosystem Collaborative Study

     This research was launch in 2014 as a partnership between the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand, and the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), People's Republic of China. It focuses on investigating marine ecosystems and consists of sub-projects i.e., marine ecosystems, coral reefs, genetic studies, and marine endangered species. However, the sub-project on marine endangered species was further developed to the Marine Endangered Species Research under a support by the China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund. Recently, this collaborative study involves five sub-projects.