Community Forest Conservation According to the Civil State Ban Khok Kee Bua Yai Subdistrict Nam Phong District KhonKaen Province

Abstract

          The objectives of the research article were to 1) study the situation of community forest conservation according to the civil state, Ban Khok Kee,  2) compare the opinions on community forest conservation according to the civil state, Ban KhokKee and 3) study the guidelines for the development of community forest conservation according to the civil state, Ban Khok Kee, Bua Yai sub-district, Nam Phong district, KhonKaen province by using the concept of community forest conservation of Somchai Pho Trakun and Meechai Wong-Ub to integrate into   4-concept frameworks. This research was mixed methods research between quantitative research with the sample group of 285 people and qualitative research with the target group of 8 people. The research instrument was 5-level rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used in data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test. The qualitative research used the in-depth semi-structured interview and descriptive statistics.         

          The study results were found that: 1. The situation of community forest conservation according to the civil state, Ban Khok Kee, Bua Yai sub-district, Nam Phong district, KhonKaen province in overall was rated at a high level. 2. The comparative analysis results of opinions on the community forest conservation according to the civil state of Ban Khok Kee classified by sex, age, educational level and duration of living in the community was found that the opinions of females and males in overall and each aspects were not different, while the opinions of people who had different age, educational level and duration of living in the community were found that in overall and each aspect were different with statistical significance at the level of .05. 3. The guidelines for development of community forest conservation according to the civil state of Ban Khok Kee, Bua Yai sub-district, Nam Phong district, KhonKaen province were as follows : 1) On forest protection : The government agencies should provide forest maintenance equipment, water systems, lighting systems, and improve the route around the forest. 2) On reforestation: The government agencies should promote and support reforestation. 3) On forest preservation : The government agencies should provide  training, program and management of trees that had never been used to be benefit. 4) On forest fire prevention: The government agencies should promote and support natural fences by planting bananas. 5) On public participation: The community forest stage should be organized to allow members to participate in the decision to improve the utilization rules of community forest. 6) On facilitation of government: Local administration organization should have community forest development plan for continuous conservation and 7) On public responsibility: The government agencies should have a budget for forest conservation, natural fences to prevent forest fires or wet fire.