| Author | Sijapati, Suman |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IR-92-17 |
| Subject(s) | Forest management--Thailand--Yasothon--Citizen participation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master
of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IR-92-17 |
| Abstract | This thesis report has been divided into three parts. The first part, presented in
the first three chapters, contains the introduction to the research and the research design.
It states the objectives of the research and explains the framework within which the
research has been conducted.
The second part of this report contains the findings of the research and their
analysis. Chapter four is devoted in giving a general picture of the study area by
describing the land resource features of the whole district, Amphoe Kham Khuan Kaeo.
Chapter 5 and 6 deal mainly with the study area and describe the changes in land use
and farming systems. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 present more specific information especially
of the village level. Chapter 7 presents the analysis of the socio-economic data and
attempts to correlate it with land use. The issue of land ownership is dealt with in the
eighth chapter. Then, chapter 9 presents the situation of forest management by the
village community.
The third part, presents the discussion on land use changes and the advantages
and limitations of community management. It ends with the author's conclusions and
the recommendations.
The important finding of this research has been that, the village communities
have various mechanisms of managing the locally available resources especially the
land and forest resources. However, the extent of community management has been
found to differ from village to village. These differences have been attributed to the
differences in the conditions of availability of these resources and the differences in
conditions of dependency on the various activities for livelihood. In the process of
forest preservation, it has been found that there is certain amount of forest that each
community 'needs' and hence tries to preserve. |
| Year | 1993 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IR-92-17 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Irrigation Engineering and Management (IR) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kono, Yasuyuki; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Demaine, Harvey;Apisit Eiumnoh; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | USAID/Nepal; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1993 |