The International Peace Park of the International Centre for Peace and Development Ethics at Kaeng Krachan is an independent Body, with cooperation agreements with Oran Patana Foundation, Eubios Ethics Institute, American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN), the Fulbright Academy of Law, Peace and Public Health, the Asia-Pacific Forum for Ethics and Social Justice, and the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, among others. Further agreements are being developed.

Objectives

1. To provide a place to consider many questions in bioethics and environmental ethics, including the treatment of different social groups when facing forces of globalization and development, being a place for free exchange of ideas and experiences 
   
2. To motivate people to find what should do for peace and sustainable development, and how we can collaborate for the same purpose 
3. To create an international base for education of peace and sustainable development.
4. Using a broad meaning of peace, bioethics, environmental and social development, to explore many topics.
5. To develop the Youth Peace Ambassadors International with Eubios Ethics Institute and AUSN, under the auspices of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)
   
6. To collaborate on Conferences and Trainings, including lectures and Intensive Conferences of American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN)
   
7. To compile an Repository of Ethical World Views of Nature.
8. To be a center for learning about medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge.
9. To assist in the education of the local community to build up their educational and social development.
   

Director:

Darryl R.J. Macer; Email: darryl@eubios.info

Board of Governors

• Mr. Oran Asvarithikul (Chairman, Oran Patana Foundation)
• Dr. Dolapo Fakuade, (; Principal Consultant; Resilespur Consulting, New Zealand; Youth Looking Beyond Disaster Ambassador)
  

• Prof. Soraj Hongladarom (Director, Center for Ethics of Science and Technology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
• Mr. Rimesh Khanal (Chair, Youth’s UNESCO Club, Nepal/USA)
• Ms. Nongluck Kritlak (Resident, KKC, Thailand)
• Mr. Thiti Kritlak (Resident, KKC, Thailand)
• Prof. Darryl Macer (President, American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN); Director, Eubios Ethics Institute)
• Prof.  Yingyong Paisooksantivatana (AUSN Visiting Professor in Horticulture and Rural Development; Kasetsart University, Thailand)
• Dr.Osama M. Rajkhan (Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand)
• Dr. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok (General Manager, IPDEC; and Eubios Ethics Institute)
• Prof. Chutatip Umavijani (AUSN Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Humanities; Thammasat University, Thailand)
• Prof. John Weckert (Applied Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia; AUSN Visiting Professor of Applied Ethics and Ethics of Science and Technology)



Youtube videos of the Peace Park include:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKBP0Mo5cY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIVJVS3KQAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQBC1unolRg

Some background for the International Peace Park is available here.  

The formal inauguration of the Park and Centre was at the time of the Fifth Youth Peace Ambassador Training Workshop (YPA5) on 8 November 2012. Most of the 100 participants at the conference planted a tree in celebration of the event, and in the hope to build world peace and cross cultural understanding. Each tree has a sprinkler to irrigate them.

The peace park has 20 peace plaques in English and Thai writing, selected from those sent by the youth around the world. It is planned to also have a collection of more medicinal herbs. This is a community park, garden that will develop over the coming decades. We welcome research fellows/interns.

The participants at YPA6 also planted more trees, as did participants at other conferences subsequently, including YPA11/LBD8.

For the initial list of trees and planters please see here.

Most of the trees are growing well now many years since the inauguration, and many are now over 10m in height!

Contact the Director if you would like to be an intern or fellow, or just visit or collaborate, donate medicinal plants/trees or help weed the plants...

Email: ananya@eubios.info

The Centre has MOUs with Eubios Ethics Institute and AUSN, and is one of the sites where AUSN lectures and field work is conducted in Thailand.

Recent Events

Eighth Looking Beyond Disaster (LBD8); Eleventh Youth Peace Ambassadors (YPA11) Training Workshop; and Intensive Bioethics/Environmental Ethics Course, AUSN-Chulalongkorn University and International Peace Park @Kaeng Krachan, Thailand, 3-9 February  2016. 

Email to: lookingbd@gmail.com