Community’s participation in community forest management and utilization of Ban Haubueng community forest Nampong District Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the Ban Hua Bueng community context and the Ban Hua Bueng community forest context to communicate involvement approaches, developing community forest management with participation and utilization of community forests of the people of Ban Hua Bueng, village No. 9, Sai Mun Sub-district, Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province This research is a blended research (Mixed-Method Research) collected data from people of 113 households in October-December 2019 by using interview form, and community workshops were organized using the participative process technique, Appreciation Influence Control (AIC) were analyzed by using the SPSS for statistical analysis. The results of the study found that Ban Hua Bueng is located at village No. 9, Sai Mun Subdistrict, Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province. The village was established in 1899 with a living area was 62 rai, an agricultural area was 883.24 rai and a public land was 124 rai. The Ban Hua Bueng community forest covers an area of 80-0-9 rai with sandy loam. The forest condition is dry evergreen forest. Most of the plants found are rubber trees, trellises, nests, takhian stone, deer figs, and there is a spring in the middle of the community forest. In terms of participation in community forest management and utilization, it was found that operational participation, participation in monitoring and evaluation were high level. The use of community forests to perform the rituals and benefit from the spring water as much as possible and guidelines for developing community forest management with participation and utilization of community forests by establishing a community forum and developing guidelines in the form of creating a market for selling agricultural products and forest products in the community forest.