Sustainable Ocean Ambassador (SOA)
by Agricultural and Food Marketing Associaiton for Asia and the Pacific (Intergovernmental organization)
Sustainable Ocean Ambassador has been mobilizing, showcasing, endorsing the sustainable use of oceans by
1. promote, demonstrate, empowering food operators and academia to zero waste operations including no single use plastic, up cycling ocean waste and plastic waste to valuable products and arts, art exhibition, training.
2. eliminating use of herbicide and overuse of insecticide and fertilizers that will run through water ways and end up in the oceans
3. identifying ocean waste including plastic waste, metals, and chemical wastes, rescuing, and up cycling.
Progress reports
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
NUTRIENTS
- Fertilizer use efficiency
- Manure management
PLASTICS
- Coastal clean-ups
- Plastics product bans or restrictions
- Plastics recovery/recycling/reuse
OTHER POLLUTANTS (please specify)
- Integrated pest management

December 2019
to recruit and train 1,000 SOA in 2019

December 2019
to initiate and get 100 hotel commitments on zero waste

December 2020
to establish 100,000 farming faming families on Sustainable Agriculture practices

December 2020
to establish 1,000 artisanal fishing families for sustainable seafood
In-kind contribution
empowering through knowledge management, showcase, endorsement, and networking
Basic information

Time-frame: January 2017 - December 2020
Partners
Tourism Authority of Thailand (Government), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand (Government), Ministry of Food - Bangladesh (Government), International School of Bangkok (Academic Institution), Mekong Institute (Academic Institution), Free Dive Thailand (Private Sector)
Ocean Basins
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Contact information
Thirach Rungruangkanokkul, Executive Director, info@afmaasia.org,
Bangkok, Thailand
Other SDGs