I am currently a senior student from the Faculty of Science at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, majoring in Biology. I was the university representative for the Innolab Pathway project in 2010, which is a competition for science students with excellent initiatives for social development.
Our project is supported by E-idea and with the guidance of professors at the university and the cooperation of youth networks. The project focuses on education for the community in the Thanyaburi District of Pathumtani Province on the effects of climate change and the positive effects of the use of tablet fertilizers created with antagonistic fungus, which can double the growth and also the resistance rate of plants and trees. The introduction of this fertilizer is to be piloted in the mangrove forest in the community.

We realise that to combat climate change and global warming, we need to focus on its main cause, and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We have devised a project of inducing oxygen by the use of the antagonistic spawn trichoderma in mangrove forests. This antagonistic fungus can improve the resistance and immunity of the mangrove forest. Through biological production, we aim to create this fungus as a tablet fertilizer to be used with mangrove forests to speed up growth rate and extend their lifespan.

Our project is to use antagonistic fungus to create a tablet fertilizer, which can double the growth and the resistance rate of mangroves and plants. Thanks to this tablet fertilizer, trees can grow more rapidly and so prolong the life of the mangroves, which have an important role in reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The pilot area for our project is in the central province of Samutsakorn.
With the E-idea competition, we have a great opportunity to meet with eco-entrepreneurs who share the same environmental goals. Training, workshops and in-country activities can help strengthen our confidence to successfully implement this project. This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to be part of an international project where we design our own project and make it actually happen. We hope to gain valuable skills and knowledge to apply to other climate change projects in the future.
