In this abstract, This study is concentrate on the Rights over the protected lands: granting community usufruct rights to secure land use and forest conservation. However, many communities were established before the park designation so removing those leads to conflicts between people and park officers. In many cases, including Phu Kao–Phu Phan Kham National Park (PKPP), Northeast Thailand, the Department of Park, Wildlife and Plant (DNP) solves this problem by granting those communities usufruct rights over the settlement lands where communities continue to live in the protected areas.