This research explores why Thai women have become environmental leaders, how they work so successfully as an environmental guardian, and what their next steps could be.

It highlights that during the past few decades, Thai women have extended their traditional roles to include natural resource and environmental protection and management in local and inter-regional communities. The research shows that most leaders saved their communities’ environment and natural resources from the intervention of new development activities. Most of them had their parents as a good role model in environmental management, providing morals and environmental ethics as a good basic of leadership while some shared their husband’s responsibilities. Teamwork was a common theme, with the assistance of public participation to hold teamwork and collaboration of the community.

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