has maintained a special office, the so-called Kor Aor Pluk Pa (or
ARP), to address the deforestation problem. During the first stage
of the reforestation projects promoted by the ARP, farmers resisted
forest planting, which they considered a form of land confiscation.
When farmers were later involved by the ARP as actors in land conservation
planning together with several organizations from both
government agencies and non-government organizations, farmers
responded more positively. This is shown in Table 3, which lists the
outcomes of land use planning, which are perceived by farmers as
either positive or negative.
Table 3 shows that the land management regulations were
classified into three periods—before 1960, 1961–1996, and
1997–present—according to the years when the respective regulations
were issued. Blank blocks indicate that land management