Author: Jintana Amornsanguansin
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss no. HS-97-01
Year: 1997
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (Ph.D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1997
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Karl E. Weber, Apisit Eiumnoh, J. Lin Compton, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The forest laws and regulations imposed by government to solve chronicle deforestation has created conflicts between those rural communities and government over forest resource use and control. This research, therefore, tried to focus on the study of community-based forest management practices in Northern region of Thailand for sustainable use and development in order to address the problem whether community-based forestry management can protect and save the deteriorating situation and related problem of deforestation. This study was conducted in a Tambon, a part of Maechai watershed of Phayao Province in North Thailand, where natural headwater forest has been recently managed in collaboration among local communities living in upstream and downstream areas under the conditions of ethnic diversity and the promulgation of the National Park Act. This research work is based on both secondary and primary sources of data and information. An intensive field survey was conducted through a standard questionnaire and supplemented by group discussions and informal interviews to gather information about the historical development of settlements in the study area. The field data gathered are analyzed by means of the following statistics : frequency, means and percentage. Statistical means used for testing hypotheses is through chi square test. A forest inventory and the interpretation of aerial photographs, topographic maps and satellite imageries for assessing the forest situation, land use pattern and forest land use change~ as well as historical approach are employed as complementary tools to test hypotheses. The pattern of forest use and management of local communities have evolved in accordance with the extent of community dependence on forest resource based on ethnic background, population pressure, cropping pattern, and intervention of government policy. Conservation for water is the common and most dominant motivating factor among the local communities. Degree of awareness to conserve and manage forest by local commu
Scholarship Donor(s): Thailand Upland Social Forestry Project (Royal Forest Department/Ford Foundation)
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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