Management of the Public Area for Poverty Alleviation through Community constitution in Thoen District, Lampang Province

Abstract

            A project on poverty alleviation through community forest in Thoen District, Lampang Province was operated under the project of development and expansion of area-based support system for comprehensive and precise solutions for poverty alleviation in Lampang Province. The objectives are to analyze the area to develop an operating model for poverty alleviation, and the Sustainable Livelihood Return on Investment (SLROI) was employed for assessment. The target impoverished group data was inspected and verified together with integrated collaboration from all sectors to create activities to promote vocational skills for the poor with the goal of generating more income through community forest management in 10 villages of Mae Mok Subdistrict and to obtain the consensus of community forest utilization from the target poor group in a form of constitutional draft. The community forest management plans for all 10 villages in terms of restoration and conservation of community forest areas to enhance the target poor people’s society and economy in the area with participation. Moreover, activities were carried out to support the poor in various aspects, including increasing income using resources from the community forest, conserving the community forest to increase resources, preventing problems related to the community forest, supporting career-enhancing resources so that the target poor people can improve their quality of life under sustainable resource management through community constitution.