Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia

The general objective of the study is to evaluate the participation of local communities towards rehabilitation and conservation program for the peat swamp forest specifically the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest (NSPSF) in strengthening sustainable forest management strategies and options in the st...

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Main Author:	Abdul Manaf, Mohd Basri
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Forest conservation - Malaysia Forest conservation - Citizen participation
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66356/1/FPAS%202016%204%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.663562019-01-23T04:28:05Z Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia 2016-07 Abdul Manaf, Mohd Basri The general objective of the study is to evaluate the participation of local communities towards rehabilitation and conservation program for the peat swamp forest specifically the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest (NSPSF) in strengthening sustainable forest management strategies and options in the state of Selangor. To address the research question to achieve the stated aim and objective of this study, mixed method research design was used. A consultation workshop was conducted to provide opportunity for interacting, especially between agencies and local communities on the Strength Weakness, Opportunity and Treat (SWOT) regarding the restoration and maintenance of NSPSF. Also, survey questionnaire was structured to obtain data on local participation in the rehabilitation and conservation of NSPSF and administer in selected localcommunities near the forest reserve. The results showed that the role of stakeholders in the restoration and conservation of NSPSF is very important. However, the findings showed that the level of involvement of local communities towards various stages of restoration and conservation activities NSPSF is low. Overall participation Index (IP) is 0.29 with the index level of monitoring is low (IP = 0.26). Also, the contributing factors to the level of participation of local communities in the recovery and conservation programs NSPSF were assessed. The results show that six of the eight independent variables and demographic characteristics of community involvement are significant. The 'predictor' level of community involvement in the restoration and conservation activities is strongly significant (β = 0.164, p < 0.01). Other parameter such as community involvement in committee Peat Swamp Forest Fire Disaster (β = 0.035), profit sharing (β = 0.032), community men (β = 0.024), own and operate the garden / farm near the peat swamp forest (β = 0.018), and age of the local community members (β = 0.0007) affect level of community participation in the restoration and conservation activities NSPSF at the 5% significance level. The implications of these findings should be focus more specifically at the design of programs to improve the level of local communities’ participation in the restoration and conservation activities NSPSF at all levels. Forest conservation - Malaysia Forest conservation - Citizen participation 2016-07 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66356/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66356/1/FPAS%202016%204%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Forest conservation - Malaysia Forest conservation - Citizen participation
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topic	Forest conservation - Malaysia Forest conservation - Citizen participation
spellingShingle	Forest conservation - Malaysia Forest conservation - Citizen participation Abdul Manaf, Mohd Basri Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
description	The general objective of the study is to evaluate the participation of local communities towards rehabilitation and conservation program for the peat swamp forest specifically the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest (NSPSF) in strengthening sustainable forest management strategies and options in the state of Selangor. To address the research question to achieve the stated aim and objective of this study, mixed method research design was used. A consultation workshop was conducted to provide opportunity for interacting, especially between agencies and local communities on the Strength Weakness, Opportunity and Treat (SWOT) regarding the restoration and maintenance of NSPSF. Also, survey questionnaire was structured to obtain data on local participation in the rehabilitation and conservation of NSPSF and administer in selected localcommunities near the forest reserve. The results showed that the role of stakeholders in the restoration and conservation of NSPSF is very important. However, the findings showed that the level of involvement of local communities towards various stages of restoration and conservation activities NSPSF is low. Overall participation Index (IP) is 0.29 with the index level of monitoring is low (IP = 0.26). Also, the contributing factors to the level of participation of local communities in the recovery and conservation programs NSPSF were assessed. The results show that six of the eight independent variables and demographic characteristics of community involvement are significant. The 'predictor' level of community involvement in the restoration and conservation activities is strongly significant (β = 0.164, p < 0.01). Other parameter such as community involvement in committee Peat Swamp Forest Fire Disaster (β = 0.035), profit sharing (β = 0.032), community men (β = 0.024), own and operate the garden / farm near the peat swamp forest (β = 0.018), and age of the local community members (β = 0.0007) affect level of community participation in the restoration and conservation activities NSPSF at the 5% significance level. The implications of these findings should be focus more specifically at the design of programs to improve the level of local communities’ participation in the restoration and conservation activities NSPSF at all levels.
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author	Abdul Manaf, Mohd Basri
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title	Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
title_short	Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full	Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort	assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in selangor, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66356/1/FPAS%202016%204%20IR.pdf
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Assessment of local community participation in peat swamp forest conservation and rehabilitation program in Selangor, Malaysia

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