AWARENESS OF LAWS ON LAND USE AMONG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF MAE LAO – MAE SAE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
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This study aimed to study the following: 1) to study the economic, social and general information conditions of the people; 2) to study the people's perception of forest law; and 3) to study the people's perception of forest law in the Mae Lao - Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary, Section 121 of the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act B.E. 2562, classified by economic, social and general information conditions of the people. 4) To study the land use of the people in the Mae Lao - Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary area. The sample group consisted of 328 people in the Mae Lao - Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary. The instrument used was a questionnaire. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and One Way ANOVA.
The results found that 1) Most of the respondents were in Mae Hong Son Province, male, 41-50 years old, married, primary school graduated, general laborers, and secondary income earners, mostly farmers/gardeners, with an income of less than 5,000 baht, living for more than 20 years, and owning less than 5 rai of land for fruit/herb farming. In terms of participation in Mae Lao-Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary activities, most of them had never thought about it. 2) The overall channels for receiving information about forestry laws were at a moderate level. 3) The awareness of forestry laws among people in Mae Lao-Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary in terms of age, status, education level, occupation, monthly income, area occupied, characteristics of land use, and participation in wildlife sanctuary activities did not result in different levels of forestry law awareness. It was also found that the channels for receiving information about legal regulations were not related to the level of forestry law awareness among people at a significance level of 0.05. 4) 4) Most of the area in Mae Lao-Mae Sae Wildlife Sanctuary is used for agriculture, especially rice farming, followed by orchards and rotational farming, while community areas and buildings account for a relatively small proportion.
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