AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF UDON THANI YOUTH IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Abstract

Self-awareness is the ability to perceive and understand. Idea Emotions This will help humans evaluate their strengths and shortcomings for further self-improvement. This is in line with the concept of Chaiyapan (2019) that self-realization is the ability to find and understand one's own good points and weaknesses and understand the differences of others in terms of gender, age, education level, religion, as well as health. For a person to adapt appropriately to various environments. Self-awareness includes understanding one's own needs and thoughts to improve them. When a person has awareness or knows himself well, he or she will be able to use that knowledge to create a positive attitude that will affect his or her development and pass it on for the development of others. Brainstorming showed that the majority of respondents were males (60%) and females (40%) with an average age of 18 years and were studying in the first year of higher education.

Level of awareness of youth in Udon Thani Aspects of protection Preserving and conserving natural resources and the environment overall is high (mean = 4.12, standard deviation = 0.45).  It was found that the youth in Udon Thani province had a high level of awareness of the importance of natural resources and the environment (mean   = 4.23, standard deviation   =   0.30), followed by good role models for youth for natural resources and environment (mean = 4.10, standard deviation = 0.57).   When considering the 4 types of Cops, namely 1) Helping Communities, 2) Best Practice Communities, 3) Knowledge-Stewarding Communities, and 4) Innovation Communities, it was found that learning communities in the targeted areas are to organize, upgrade, and develop the knowledge that members use regularly namely Knowledge-Stewarding Communities.  Suggestion (1) Activities should be held continuously in the same area and other areas with similar characteristics and contexts. Before being further developed to be a model for creating youth for knowledge and awareness of protection. Preserving and conserving natural resources (2) Botanical learning centers should be developed in school areas and higher education institutions to stimulate a sense of cherished natural resources and may be developed as a responsible eco-tourism destination. to the community in the future.