| Author | Parichat Wongkerdsuk |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-04-03 |
| Subject(s) | Community forests--Thailand--Chiang Mai--Citizen participation
Forest management--Thailand--Chiang Mai--Citizen participation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-04-03 |
| Abstract | Thailand, particularly in the North, local villagers have been conflicted with private sectors
and government agencies from their resources base first as a results of concessions for
timber extraction and secondly as the government has increasingly recognized the need for
habitat protection and established state protected area, largely national park and wildlife
sanctuaries. The local villagers of Mae Tha sub-district have these problems same with the
other communities in northern, therefore, they established the formal community forest
management in 1992. The local villagers presented movement to safe community rights
and to express local opposition to state policies.
The study found the level and pattern of local participation in activities for community
forest management that were implementation level and benefit sharing level. For the high
level of participation such as decision-making level was focused in community leader. The
respondents who are female often less awareness and responsibilities for CFM than male
and the younger generation of local villagers have less participated for CFM in the present.
The findings of the study found that encourage factors incentive local people to
participated in activities for CFM was awareness, responsibility and function of them to
conservation natural resources in their community. While, discourage factors to
participated in activities for CFM was conflicts inside community such as benefit sharing
of forest exploitation.
The success of activities for CFM is dependent on information perception of local villagers
and receives benefits level when they participate in that activity. At present, the local
villagers satisfied with the existing activities for CFM in their community and believed it
can improve their livelihood. |
| Year | 2004 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-04-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad;Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | National Science and Technology Development
Agency (NSTDA); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 |
