Education and Learning resource Development Ecological impact Caused by Global warming Conditions by Participation of Community

Abstract

The title of the research was “ Education and Learning Resource Development Ecological impact Caused by Global warming Conditions by Participation of Community : Case Study of Mu 9, Ban Khun Samut Chin, Laem Fa Pha Sub-district, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province.” It aimed to encourage and develop the Ban Khun Samut Chin Community to serve as an outdoor natural learning resource for people who went interested in mangrove forest resources along the Gulf of Thailand, which had been destroyed by humans and natural disasters. Located along the Gulf of Thailand, the Ban Khun Samut Chin Community had been seriously affected by coastal erosion. This research involved the participatory action research process, and the learning resource development process consisted of area surveys, workshops, field trips, transfer of knowledge, practice, and evaluation. The research findings suggested that the Ban Khun Samut Chin Community had the potential to be developed as a natural learning resource. Elements of the learning process included personnel in charge of transferring knowledge, the diversity of plants in the mangrove forests and aquatic animals along the shoreline of abundant and destructed mangrove forests, as well as local knowledge and wisdom that had been passed down from preceding generations. Furthermore, they included preparation of systematic nature trails and preparation of activities to boost learners’ environmental awareness accordingly. The learning process allowed learners to share ideas and experience with personnel who dealt with transferring knowledge and raising learners’ awareness of the importance of the mangrove ecosystem along the Gulf of Thailand, which was important for the prevention of coastal erosion. Apart from creating the aware of the value of local natural resources among community members and establishing a good relationship between the community and government agencies in the development of an ecotourism site, this learning resource development process could serve as a model for other communities that were experiencing destruction of mangrove forest resources and had been affected by coastal erosion.