People’s Participation in Community Forest Management in National Reserved Forest, Khon Kaen Province

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Chaiya Klaiklueng
San Kaitpraneet
Noppawan Tanakanjana Phongkhieo

Abstract

            The objectives of the study were to determine the socio-economic characteristics, people participation level and factors affecting people participation in community forest management in the national reserved forest.  Data were collected using the designed questionnaire to interview 188 respondents.  The frequency, percentage, mean, maximum, minimum, and standard deviation were statistically analyzed and tested by t-test and F-test at the 0.05 significance level.


The results of the study indicated that most respondents were male with an average age of 52.83 years.  Most had reached primary school level education.  The number of household members ranged from 1 to 5 and most had no social position.  The main occupation was farming and their minor occupation was general employment.  The land holding average was 17.34 rai with an annual household income average of 109,407.10 baht and annual monetary loans averaging 104,713.30 baht.  The distance between their homesteads and the community forest was less than two kilometers.  Their domicile period was over 44 years.  The level of reception of community forest information was low, with no training being received regarding the community forest.  People’s participation in community forest management in the national reserved forest overall was low with an average score of 1.50 points.  The participation activities included five aspects; administration, management, forest utilization, self-sacrifice, and evaluation of the performance of the community forest committee with average scores of 1.45, 1.59, 1.55, 1.56, and 1.36 points, respectively. Factors affecting people participation in community forest management included: social position, annual household income, minor occupation, domicile period, receiving community forest information, and utilization of the community forest.


 


Keywords:  people participation, community forest management, Khon Kaen province

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Klaiklueng, C., Kaitpraneet, S., & Tanakanjana Phongkhieo, N. (2022). People’s Participation in Community Forest Management in National Reserved Forest, Khon Kaen Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 32(3), 86–94. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/255518
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