People’s Participation In The Production Forest Management At KaengchonSub-Forest Management Area, Khammouan Province

The objective of this research was to study the determine the socio-economic, the level assessment of people’s participation in production forest management at Khangchone sub-forest management area, Dongphousoy production forest area, Xaybouathong district Khammuan province. The samples consisted of111villagers living in Khangchone and Khorksavang village who were asked to complete the questionnaires. The survey data were analyzed by Microsoft Excel program, percentage, distribution, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, average values and Chi-quare test research hypothesis and statistical significance level was set at0.05. The results of this research showed:people’s participation in the production forest management were3activities participation in the decision making planning was never and total average points was8.18, participation in implementation was rather much and total average points was24,45, participation in monitoring and evaluation was a little level and total average point was22.25, the samples was male more than female53.2%, the average age of household leaders was41years, the average number of household was6, about95,5%had secondary livelihood, the average annual income of household was4,459,189.2kip/year, about98.2%household leaders were number of social group within the community, the people had depend on forest100%, knowledge resource much level was98.2%, the majors ever jointed training/received knowledge in forest management92.8%, the conditions related to people’s participation forest management at Khangchone sub-forest management area were the position within the household, the position of household leaders within the society and the receiving of forest management news.