Model of Factors Affecting Forest Conservation

Abstract

The research objectives were to study levels of forest knowledge, environmental education comprising environmental knowledge, attitude, participation, and forest conservation behavior, and to study effects of independent variables comprising of forest knowledge, environmental education and inspiration of public mind affecting forest conservation behavior. This survey research used questionnaire to gather 349 undergraduates from population of undergraduates of Roi et Rajabhat University. Multiple Regression Analysis was used for predicting the factors affecting forest conservation. The results shown that in holistic view of forest knowledge, environmental education comprising environmental knowledge, attitude, participation, and forest conservation behavior level was at most level. Moreover, independent variables of forest knowledge, environmental education comprising environmental knowledge, attitude, participation, and inspiration of public mind comprising role model, event, environment and media reception affected to  dependent variable of forest conservation behavior of undergraduate with 37.20 percent of power prediction (Adjusted R²  = 0.365). The forest knowledge was the highest effect with 0.247.