Farmers’ Participation in Mangrove Forest Conservation and Management: A Case Study Mangrove Forest Conservation Project Ban Tam Thong at Pak-Klong Sub-district, Pathio District, Chumphon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to determine 1) the socio-economic condition of the farmers, 2) the farmers’ participation in mangrove forest conservation and management and 3) problems and threats in forest conservation and management. Data collection was obtained by interview schedule from 30 farmers in Mangrove Forest Conservation Project Ban Tam Thong, Pak-Klong Sub-district, Pathio District, Chumphon Province. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that the majority of respondents were male with average of 46 years old, attained primary school. The process of community participation can be divided 4 processes; 1) The participation in decision making the problems (4.31), 2) The participation in planning process (4.60), 3) The participation with the implementation of the mangrove forest conservation and management (4.53) and 4) The participation in examine and assessment (4.25). The farmers suggested that there should be development by learning activities for the young smart farmers for sustainability mangrove forest conservation and management