The Problems, Obstacles and Solutions in Restoring Kuang Si Waterfall’s Forest Head- Watershed in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Abstract

   The objectives of the study were to study the people's participation in watershed forest restoration activities and problems, obstacles, and solutions in the restoration of forest watersheds using mixed methods research. The sample consisted of 208 members of the people living in the forest watershed using an interview form to interview people in forest watershed areas and use the content analysis method. and descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, standard deviation, max, min, and mean

   The results showed that most of the people participated in forest restoration activities, 96.23 percent. As for the number of times participated in forest restoration activities, the average was 7.86 per year. The problems and obstacles in implementing forest rehabilitation have 3 aspects as follows: 1) Lack of budget for implementation, 2) Delayed budget disbursement and 3) Lack of tools for forest restoration. The solution Obstacles in the implementation of watershed forest restoration is to satisfy the budget and equipment used in forest restoration