Institutional and legal implications for integrated mangrove-shrimp
farming-environmental planning and management in Lame Talumpuk,
Pak Phanang District, Nakorn Si Thammarat province
องค์กรและกฎหมายสำหรับการวางแผนและการจัดการการผสมผสานกันระหว่างป่าชายเลน
และการทำนากุ้งในเขตแหลมตะลุมพุก อำเภอปากพนัง จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช
Ayut Nissapa, Asst. Prof., D. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, F. of Natural Resources, PSU.
Somboon Charoenjiratrakul, Assoc. Prof., D. of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
F. of Natural Resources, PSU.
Somsak Boromthanarat, Director, Coastal Resources Inst. (CORIN), PSU.
Corresponding e-mail : ayut@ratree.psu.ac.th
Grant : Coastal Resources Institute, PSU.
Published : Research Report
Key words : institution, legal implication, integrated management, common property
Institutional setting in the government sector is an important catalyst for fair common property resources allocation. Its neutrality can play a role in distributing benefits accruing from the use of
these resources to all stakeholders. Policies and plans are the tools for such implementation of the desirable fairness, however it needs monitoring and control mechanisms to make sure that concerned institutions follow the stated policies and plans. If these mechanisms are not implemented effective-ly, then the common property resources are subject to the undesirable tragedy of the commons.
The objective of the present study is to investigate the responses of policies and plan implementation that would result in the existence and maintenance of Lame Talumpuk mangrove forest reserves
in relation with the invasion of shrimp farming. M-S-E or Mangrove - Shrimp farming - Environ-
mental planning and management concept that integrates these seemingly conflicting components, is expected to provide a compromised solution for the desirable institutional setting for the management of the common property resources such as the mangrove forest. A Goal-Oriented Project Planning (GOPP) is adapted for its use in data collection and analysis.
The result of the research indicates that mangrove forest ownership and boundary have not been clearly defined, which consequently change the ownership pattern to become more private. This has resulted in difficulties for the enforcement of laws, and the implementation of the policies and plans of the concerned institutions.
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