Janus-Faced Linkages: Understanding External Actors in Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Thailand |
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| Authors: | Nur Shafwaty Sa’at |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | In community-based natural resource management, there is an emerging body of research on the work of external actors and their influence in community–resource interrelationships and community management decisions. Contributing to this research, this study examined the work of external actors using findings from semistructured interviews and participant observations conducted in Klong Prasong subdistrict, Krabi Province, Thailand, in mid-2014. The external actors, through Janus-faced linkages, are able to influence community–resource interrelationships and management approaches both positively and negatively. This case study also revealed university researchers, ecotourists, and private investors as non-conventional external actors. By influencing decision-making structures and environmental stewardship, external actors impact on the governance of a community natural resource. |
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| Keywords: | Community participation community relations ecotourism local empowerment mangrove restoration NGOS |
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