People participation in forest and wildlife resources conservation at Peninsular Botanical Garden (Thung Khai), Trang Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to study people participation level and the problems and obstacles for forest and wildlife resources conservation. Samples of 339 person in the study area were recruited by mean of questionnaire and statistics used for data analysis were descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results showed that the public participation in forest and wildlife resources conservation in the study area was at the average level with value 3.02. Considering each side, it was found that 1) The participation in decision making was moderate ( = 2.87) 2) The participation in practice was moderate ( = 3.25) 3) The participatory participation was moderate ( = 2.98) and 4) The participation in evaluation was moderate ( = 2.98). The highest level of the problems and obstacles encountered by the people in forest and wildlife resources conservation was the missing of coordination and understanding between the staffs and the people in the community, accounted for 18.20 % and the minimal level of problems and obstacles included the lack of forest department personnel accounted for 0.20 %.

Keywords: people participation, forest and wildlife resources, Peninsular Botanical Garden (Thung Khai)

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