Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This paper argues that the Thai state’s forest management since 1896 hasbeen centralized in accordance with the traditional public administration regime, withits emphasis on top-down control without consultation or local people’s participation.This regime resulted in deforestation and crisis, which led to social conflicts during inthe 1970s and 1980s. The Thai state was ineffective in managing this severe problemand then, in the late 1990s, it shifted its forest management policy to the New PublicGovernance regime by granting communities’ rights in forest management. This newmanagement policy features collective public leaderships, working networks and theuse of soft instruments of dialogue and mutual learning, which results in protection forthe forest but also recovery in many devastated areas. Keywords: Traditional public administration paradigm, Scientific forestry management paradigm, New public governance paradigm, Community forest, Soft instruments
Source: Thammasat Review
Author: Somsak Samukkethum
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2324052189