Factors Affecting the Creation of Citizenship Consciousness Protect the Mangrove Forest Through Youth Camp Activities, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Bang Pakong District Chachoengsao Province

Abstract

This study examines the factors influencing the development of civic consciousness in protecting mangrove forests through youth camp activities in Tha Kham Subdistrict, Bang Pakong District, Chachoengsao Province. A quantitative research method was employed, with a sample of 71 students from three schools who participated in the youth camp. Data were collected using descriptive statistics and the chi-square test. The results revealed that factors influencing the development of civic consciousness in protecting mangrove forests include: gender, which affects participation in conserving marine life in mangrove forests, restoring the ecosystem, and establishing mangrove conservation groups; education level, which involves participation in preserving marine life in mangrove forests and restoring the ecosystem; activity engagement, which affects willingness to participate in mangrove conservation activities, participation in conserving marine life in mangrove forests, restoring the ecosystem, contributing to the prevention of storms and coastal erosion, establishing mangrove conservation groups, future involvement in mangrove conservation activities, and the duration of participation; knowledge transfer, which affects willingness to participate in mangrove conservation activities; expectations of learning about mangrove forests, gaining new knowledge from conservation, participation in conserving marine life in mangrove forests, not littering in water sources and mangrove forests, establishing mangrove conservation groups, and future involvement in mangrove conservation activities. These findings were statistically significant at the 0.05.