The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand

The objectives of this study were to identify factors and environmental education models affecting community participation in sustainable mangrove forest management as well as to develop and evaluate participation in an environmental education model for sustainable mangrove forest management in the...

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Main Author: Niwat Sarakhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University 2014-10-01
Series:Applied Environmental Research
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Online Access:https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/saujournalst/www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/22349
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description The objectives of this study were to identify factors and environmental education models affecting community participation in sustainable mangrove forest management as well as to develop and evaluate participation in an environmental education model for sustainable mangrove forest management in the eastern part of Thailand. This study employed mixed methods and was divided into 3 steps. First, a quantitative method was used to identify facts and factors affecting local participation in solving mangrove deforestation problems. A multiple-step sampling method was used to select samples of households in the province of Chanthaburi. The second step employed a qualitative method using an environmental education model design. The aim of this step was to analyse an environmental education model for mangrove forest management in successful institutes and discover important compositions of environmental education. In the last step, the environmental education model arranged activities according to the process and was evaluated using a quantitative method for validation, efficiency, and appropriateness. The findings revealed that: 1) knowledge, understanding and experience in mangrove forest management were the most important factors affecting participation; 2) the most appropriate environmental education model for mangrove forest management in the eastern part of Thailand contained procedures and compositions as objectives of an environmental education model, content regarding mangrove forest management, workshop and evaluation procedures; 3) assessment of the environmental skills for sustainable mangrove forest management. It was found post workshop that the experimental group possessed environmental skills statistically different at 0.05 significance level.
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spelling doaj.art-8ca197c6904c44edb42a0b3accfa67762022-12-22T03:20:10ZengEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn UniversityApplied Environmental Research2287-07412287-075X2014-10-01364The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of ThailandNiwat Sarakhan0Faculty of Education, Buriram Rajabhat University, Buriram, Thailand The objectives of this study were to identify factors and environmental education models affecting community participation in sustainable mangrove forest management as well as to develop and evaluate participation in an environmental education model for sustainable mangrove forest management in the eastern part of Thailand. This study employed mixed methods and was divided into 3 steps. First, a quantitative method was used to identify facts and factors affecting local participation in solving mangrove deforestation problems. A multiple-step sampling method was used to select samples of households in the province of Chanthaburi. The second step employed a qualitative method using an environmental education model design. The aim of this step was to analyse an environmental education model for mangrove forest management in successful institutes and discover important compositions of environmental education. In the last step, the environmental education model arranged activities according to the process and was evaluated using a quantitative method for validation, efficiency, and appropriateness. The findings revealed that: 1) knowledge, understanding and experience in mangrove forest management were the most important factors affecting participation; 2) the most appropriate environmental education model for mangrove forest management in the eastern part of Thailand contained procedures and compositions as objectives of an environmental education model, content regarding mangrove forest management, workshop and evaluation procedures; 3) assessment of the environmental skills for sustainable mangrove forest management. It was found post workshop that the experimental group possessed environmental skills statistically different at 0.05 significance level. https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/saujournalst/www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/22349MangroveForest managementPeople’s awarenessEnvironmental education model
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The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
Applied Environmental Research
Mangrove
Forest management
People’s awareness
Environmental education model
title The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
title_full The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
title_fullStr The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
title_full_unstemmed The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
title_short The Environment Education Model for Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in the Eastern Part of Thailand
title_sort environment education model for sustainable mangrove forest management in the eastern part of thailand
topic Mangrove
Forest management
People’s awareness
Environmental education model
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