The Enhancement of Competency to Preserve for using the Benefit and Sharing from Community Forest of Nam-Ing River: Phayao and Chieng-Rai Province

Abstract

— the purposes of research were 1) to study a model of enhancement of competency to preserve for
using the benefit and sharing from community forest of Nam-Ing River, 2) to analyze the knowledge of
enhancement of competency to preserve for using the benefit and sharing from community forest, and 3) to
synthesize the way of enhancement of competency to preserve for using the benefit and sharing from
community forest of Nam-Ing River according to Buddhism. This research was the qualitative by studying
from document and field in setting with sub-group meetings, interviews with key informants to be the monks,
community leaders, community forest boards, executive representative and local government officials and the
social section, a total of 20 persons. The studying that is the community forest of Nam-Ing River at Phayao and
Chieng-Rai Province. The results of research were found that 1. a model of enhancement of competency to
preserve for using the benefit and sharing from community forest of Nam-Ing River that composed of 1) the
belief of local custom. and worship that have been related with preservation, 2) a modern local wisdom and
sciences-knowledge to preserve for using the benefit and sharing from community forest, 3) mechanic and
measure of law in local community to preserve, and 4) the participation of community and local government
for preservation. 2. The knowledge of enhancement of competency to preserve for using The benefit and
sharing from community forest of Nam-Ing River, composed of 1) Buddhist principle for preserving, 2)
relationship management of human and relationship management between human and nature for preserving,
3) knowledge and understanding in the eco-system of a community forest, 4) to manage the community like a
holistic, 5) to integrate a modern Local wisdom and sciences-knowledge, and 6) community right for
managing natural resource and environment. 3. The way of Enhancement of Competency to preserve for using
the benefit and sharing from community forest of Nam-Ing River according to Buddhism composed of 1) the
process of threefold training; morality, concentration and wisdom, and 2) relation of management in
community like objects of sympathy and Sapphuris the truth, and 3) the way of practice like ecology
Buddhism.