Participation of Landholders in Forest Resource Conservation Activities at the Wiang Kosai National Park, Wang Chin District, Phrae Province
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Forest resource conservation (FRC) is an operation that requires participation from all sectors, especially from people whose livelihoods depend on forest resources and who have land ownership in the forest areas. The objectives of this study were to study the socio-economic, participation level and factors affecting the participation of landholders in forest resource conservation activities in Wiang Kosai National Park (WKS-NP), Wang Chin district, Phrae province. Data were collected using interview forms distributed among 114 household representatives and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hypothesis tests through t-test and F-test at a statistical significance level of 0.05.
The study found that more than half of the interviewed people were female (52.63%), with an average age of 56.06 years, having mostly primary education (71.93%), and an average settlement period of 54.02 years. The main occupation was cultivation (77.19%) with an annual income of 74,608.60 Baht/year and an annual expenditure of 78,484.30 Baht/year. The average land-holding period in WKS-NP was 46.61 years with 80.70% of the interviewed individuals utilizing forest resources had a familiarity with forest officers at a participation activity percentage of 54.39% and had a high-level knowledge about FRC (64.04%). Respondents had a moderate average participation percentage in FRC of 3.02 in which participation in performance had the highest average score of 3.13 score and participation in planning action had the lowest average score of 2.95 scores. The gender difference between males and females, education level between junior high school and senior high school/vocational school, and a familiarity with forest officers in participating activities from unfamiliar to familiar levels were responsible for the differences in FRC participation at a statistically significant difference of 0.05. As such, the results of the study can be used by WKS-NP and related agencies to quantify the performance of officials and to formulate forest promotion activities to increase the people participation in FRC activities.
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ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ขอรับรองว่า ต้นฉบับที่เสนอมานี้ยังไม่เคยได้รับการตีพิมพ์และไม่ได้อยู่ในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาตีพิมพ์ลงในวารสารหรือสิ่งตีพิมพ์อื่นใด ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยอมรับหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขการพิจารณาต้นฉบับ ทั้งยินยอมให้กองบรรณาธิการมีสิทธิ์พิจารณาและตรวจแก้ต้นฉบับได้ตามที่เห็นสมควร พร้อมนี้ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่วารสารวนศาสตร์ คณะวนศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ กรณีมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่ง หรือ ข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในผลงาน ให้เป็นความรับผิดชอบของข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) แต่เพียงฝ่ายเดียว และหากข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ประสงค์ถอนบทความในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาของทางวารสาร ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยินดีรับผิดชอบค่าใช้จ่ายทั้งหมดที่เกิดขึ้นในกระบวนการพิจารณาบทความนั้น”
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