The Legal Measures to Suppress the Problem of Competition for Environmental Resources Between Farmers Who Use Water in Agro-Ecological Areas: A Case Study of the Mae Wang River Basin, Chiang Mai Province
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This research aimed to 1) study the problem of competition for environmental resources between communities in the upper and lower Mae Wang River basins; and 2) study guidelines for creating community agreements between local interest groups. Local regulations for water resource allocation and forest resources in the Mae Wang Basin communities. 3) Study legal measures to solve the problem of environmental pollution in communities that use water in the Mae Wang Basin. This research is qualitative. The sample group used in the study was a group of farmers who use water-not less than 300 people. Tools used for collecting data are document research, interviews, focus group meetings, and the use of questionnaires. Data were analyzed using a conceptual framework based on good governance theory in water management, Christopher Moore's Conflict Circle Theory, and content validation by triangulation. The research results were found as follows:1 Farmers in Mae Wang District have problems competing for resources, with 37.9% of farmers upstream using water unreasonably. 2. For using legal measures to solve the problem of competition for environmental resources between communities. Mae Wang River Basin, there is a need to enact laws that empower water user organizations to manage environmental disputes between communities. 3. Community justice should be used, local community statutes should be established, and local customary dispute resolution guidelines should be applied in community environmental dispute resolution.
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