SOCIAL ECOLOGY DYNAMICS AND COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN BANDON BAY COASTAL ZONE: A CASE STUDY BAN THA THONG COMMUNITY THA THONG SUB-DISTRICT KANCHANADIT DISTRICT, SURATTHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to 1) study the social ecology dynamics of Ban Don Bay coastal zone, and 2) study common property rights management in Ban Don Bay coastal zone, Pak Nam Tha Thong Community, Tha Thong Sub-district, Kanchanadit District, Suratthani Province. The study was qualitative research by collecting documentary data analysis with in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, selected key informants by choosing a specific sample such as 1) The chairman of the marine protection volunteer group, 2) Members of the marine protection volunteer group, 3) Local fisheries, 4) Aquaculture entrepreneurs, and 5) scholars, total 15 people. The data were analyzed by content analysis and overview summary. The research found that: 1) Dynamics of social ecology in Ban Don Bay coastal zone was divided into 4 eras: 1.1) Open access, everyone could enter the sea to capture aquatic animals freely. 1.2) Community rights, the community used the aquaculture area to earn a living, raised income, and used its natural rights in the sea area in front of the house, 1.3) Commercial economy, commercial production was turned into the owner of Giant tiger prawn, breeding enterprises; 1.4) Capitalism, the use of coastal areas to raise scallops and the occupation of the area in private property, which was distributed according to the legal power of the state. 2) The study on common property rights management in Ban Don Bay coastal zone was divided into 3 characteristics: 2.1) non-property rights, area was opened to everyone with free access to natural resources, 2.2) private property rights, common property rights which state allocated to the private sector to possess legal rights, and 2.3) communal property rights, people could access to a natural resource that everyone in the community could access and used equally by using community rules for coastal resource sustainability.