Factors Affecting Community Forest Management Using Buddhist Principles: A Case Study of Community Forests Around the Mae Wong National Park Area, Nakhon Sawan Province
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This research's main objective was to study the factors influencing community forest management based on Buddhist principles in the community forest area around the Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan. The methodology for this research used quantitative methods. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data from 300 households of villagers in the community forest area around the boundary of Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan, across 3 districts and 27 villages. The researcher used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as the technique to analyze the data.
The results of the research were as follows:
1. The principles of Aparihāniya Dhamma in the section on meeting regularly, attending meetings in unison, respecting and adhering to the rules and regulations, honoring and protecting women and subordinates from being bullied had a direct positive influence on community forest management in terms of resources with influence values of 0.28, 0.24, -0.18 and 0.19, respectively.
2. The principles of Aparihāniya Dhamma in the section on meeting regularly, attending meetings in unison, not enacting anything that conflicts with the original principles, respecting and adhering to the rules and regulations, and honoring and protecting women and subordinates from being bullied have a direct positive influence on the management of community forests in terms of plans and cooperation with influence values of 0.26, 0.22, 0.13, -0.15 and 0.24, respectively.
3. The principles of Aparihāniya Dhamma in the section on attending meetings in unison, not enacting anything that conflicts with the original principles, and honoring and protecting women and subordinates from being bullied have a direct positive influence on community forest management in terms of relations between the community and government agencies with influence values of 0.20, 0.30 and 0.27, respectively.
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