CREATING BUDDHIST ECOLOGICAL BALANCE AND MAINTAINING NATURAL CAPITAL OF THE COMMUNITY FOREST NETWORKS IN THE NORTHEAST OF THAILAND

Abstract

The Objectives of this research article were to study 1) Concept and Paradigm of balancing and maintaining Buddhist natural costs of community forest 2) patterns and processes for balancing and maintaining Buddhist natural costs of community forest networks in the Northeast. 3) Problems, obstacles and the approach to development the balancing and maintaining Buddhist natural costs of community forest networks in the Northeast. This research was based on qualitative and quantitative research principles, questionnaires, interviews. The population samples were monks, forest networks, government officials, community leaders, and people in the six community forest areas using a selective sampling method of 72 people. The research results were found that 1) Concept and paradigm of balancing and maintaining Buddhist natural costs 1.1) The principle of solitude is a natural remedy both inside and outside the human body don’t persecute oneself and others 1.2) perseverance 1.3) non – oppression 1.4) moderation in eating. 1.5) training rule 1.6) specific conditionality 1.7) The middle principles of valuable use of natural resources and the environment. 2) The model and process of balancing and maintaining the natural costs of the community forest network has four aspects: the use of social regulations. Corporate network participation Conservation and restoration of community forests and allocation of benefits from community forests. 3) Problems, obstacles, and approaches for balancing and maintaining the natural costs of the community forest network are lack of sustainable forest utilization. Lack of promotion of wisdom in community forest conservation based on sufficiency economy. To build knowledge on biodiversity to affect balancing and maintaining the cost of natural resources both Stable and sustainable.