PROTOTYPE COMMUNITY IN SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY ON THE COMMUNITY FOREST IN BAN SUAN PLU - PLU TOR TAMBOL TAP LUANG AMPHUR BAN RAI UTHAITHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

          The objectives of this research article were to 1) Study the structure and general condition of community forest of Ban Suan Plu - Plu Tor Tambol Tap Luang Amphur Ban Rai Uthaithani Province 2) Study the process of sustainable community forest resource management, a case study of community forest at Ban Suan Plu – Plu Tor Tambol Tap Luang Amphur Ban Rai Uthaithani Province and 3) Present the model community sustainable forest resource management. It is a qualitative research. The main contributors are community members. and network partners from outside the community, both public and private sectors, totaling 30 people. Analyze descriptive data the results of the research were as follows. 1) Structure and general condition of Ban Suan Phlu-Phutor Community Forest It is a community that descended from Vientiane ancestors. Continue to maintain the culture of the sacred watershed forest since the grandparents. There is a water source from the mountain in the middle of the forest flowing to the life of the villagers for a long time: villagers depend on the forest as the source for water, food, medicinal herbs 2) Sustainable management of community forest resources. 2.1) Prevention and treatment villagers take part in forest conservation. 2.2) Organizing activities to preserve the forest as a watershed forest. 2.3) The ritual of organizing the forest ordination ceremony. 2.4) Faith relying on the Buddhist belief system. 3) Present the model of sustainable community forest resource management of the model community. 3.1) Reserved encourage communities to self-manage community forest. 3.2) Conservation of the culture of upstream forest preservation. 3.3) Development and common forest utilization. 3.4) Utilization people collect many types of mushrooms in the rainy season.