STUDY ON APPROPRIATE GUIDELINE FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MARINE NATIONAL PARK AREAS WITH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jem.2021.3Keywords:
Marine national park, Participatory Action Research (PAR), Waste managementAbstract
This research aimed to study of patterns and guidelines to manage waste and hazardous waste inappropriate for content and conditions of marine national parks in Thailand, which are Khao Laem Ya-Mu Koh Samet national park in Rayong province and Koh Chang national park in Trat province. This study used participatory action research process, the sample includes marine national park staff, local officials, people around the park, entrepreneurs, service providers, and tourists. Research instrument consists of questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussion, Waste and hazardous waste management are specific issues. The result showed that the problem of waste management in the study area is the increasing number of tourists in high season, they are not separate waste. Although, consider statistics of increasing numbers of tourists on 2016-2017. On the contrary, amount of garbage in 2016 to 2017 have been reversed, because of waste management to be strengthened, using the 3Rs principles, together with public relations, the campaign with people entrepreneurs and cooperation with local officials in the area. These can affect the efficiency of waste management practices and the amount of garbage is decreasing. In summary, Apart from the good performance management, the key to waste management is the participation of stakeholders, the campaign, raise awareness, and changing waste management behaviour based on the content and conditions of the area. Finally, we hope that can apply for the “Model of waste management” at the other marine national park.
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