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“The PTTEP Conservation Youth Camp” was initiated in 2014, to give secondary school students the chance to learn and realize the importance of natural resources in their hometown, Ranong Province.  The mangrove in Ranong Province is one of the most plentiful mangroves in the Asia-Pacific region, and this area was announced as a Biosphere Reserves under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme in 1997.

PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited in combination with the Andaman Coastal Research Station for Development, Faculty of Fisheries of Kasetsart University and Research and Development of Mangroves and Coastal Forests (Ranong), and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, arranged the 3rd Conservation Youth Camp between 1-3 December 2017, which was presided over by Mr. Prapon Charusalaipong, Vice President, Petroleum Development Support Base, and 68 students from 11 schools in Ranong Province took part in conservation activities that included Mangrove Nature Trail Walking at the Research and Development of Mangroves and Coastal Forests (Ranong), and Marine Ecosystem Study.