Building the Thought Process of Community Members to Take Part in the Native Vegetation Conservation Effort: a Case Study of Ban Pong Pa Pao, Mae Tha District, Lampang Province
Keywords:
Native vegetation, Conservation, Building the thought processAbstract
This participatory action research aimed to explore information in native vegetation and appropriate patterns for conservation in native vegetation in Ban Pong Pa Pao. Questionnaires in native vegetation and observation form were used for data collection and to design a learning process through the group discussion platform containing five steps for building the thought process of community to participation in the native vegetation conservation.
The results revealed that 84 kinds of native vegetation. It can be distinguished into four categories based on the characteristic of the main stem of the plant namely perennial tree containing 14 species, annual plant comprising 44 species, 8 species of shrub, and 18 species of vine. Nevertheless, the villagers had experience and knowledge about using this native vegetation for culinary purposes, as medicine for health care and healing, and for other economic benefits. On the format to promote the conservation of native vegetation, the result was obtained as the outcome from the building of the thought process of community members through giving questions that encouraged group discussions on five steps. The first step was to make clearly the purpose to all participants about the objectives and goals of this conservation. The second step was the reflection and discussion on the future society. The third step was related to building “sensing” and “visioning” among participants. For the fourth step, the focus was on the strengthening of knowledge on native vegetation. The fifth step was to make knowledge forum for moving forward with a community commitment to restore and maintain the native vegetation species. The building of the thought process through participatory action was understood as vital for driving the community’s participation and cooperative development concerning the conservation of native vegetation in community and thinking as a group would be better than otherwise. However, the resolutions from this thought process should be implementated, as well as give value recognition and budget allocation to ensure the existence of native vegetation in the future generations for their health benefits.
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