Creating Mimicking Nature Forest to Restore Ecosystems in PaSak watershed area and adapting to climate change of farmers, Lak Dan Sub-district, Nam Nao District, Phetchabun Province
Keywords:
Mimicking nature forest, Adapting to climate changeAbstract
This research was aimed to search options for creating a mimicking nature forest that is consistent with the landscape ecology of PaSak watershed area. To restore the ecosystem about soil, water, and forest and adapt to impacts of climate change for farmers in Lak Dan Sub-district, Nam Nao District, Phetchabun Province. The study used field survey methods and studied secondary data from interviews with a sample of 5 farmers about patterns of planting plants, the benefits and disadvantages resulting from mimicking nature forest planting and adaptation to effects of climate change. And study secondary data from related research documents about landscape ecology information and problems from agriculture in the PaSak watershed area. The results found that Pa-Sak watershed area has an ecosystem divided into 2 large ecosystems, consisting of the terrestrial forest ecosystem and watershed ecosystems. The options for planting mimicking nature forest that are appropriate for landscape ecology are as follows: 1. There should be a variety of plants planted, such as perennial trees, economic trees, fruit trees, food plants, and medicinal plants. 2. Forms and methods for mimicking nature forest, This can be done as follows: 2.1 Creating small forests, followed by 2.2 Creating large forests. It was also found that mimicking nature forest can help farmers adapt to climate change.
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