Institutional analysis of NGO operating stream conservation program －The case study of Rong-Sheng Association

• Main Authors: Pin-Chun Chiang, 江品君
• Other Authors: 盧道杰
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n59r75

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 森林環境暨資源學研究所 === 103 === Stream conservation is one of the most important community-based conservation issues in Taiwan. Based on types of the implementing body, stream conservation schemes can be classified into three different categories: local communities, government (mainly county government), non-government organizations (NGOs) across communities. Rong-sheng association is a NGO which had been executing stream conservation program for decades. This study aims to present the operating history of Rong-sheng association which has changed though periods. This study collected 29 records of qualitative interview and 21 records of participant observation in the field, and employed environmental history and institutional analysis to analyzing the records. The results showed that the operation-history of Rong-sheng association have been though ups and downs with the effects of the social backgroung across times. In the 1980, the stream conservation program was motivated by traditional belief, and run by local school. For Continueing the program, Rong-sheng association, an NGO, was set up in 1990. On the early stage, Rong-sheng association mobilizated local people through local school, carried out the watershed scale stream conservation, and also kept the collective action for decades. At that time, in order to agglomerate people for better cooperation from different villages distributed over the watershed area of the stream, the following key factors are necessary: the fair participant opportunities, transparent decision making mechanism, informal social relationship and leadership. However, Rong-sheng association didn’t keep creating the new events for participants, and it led to the shrink of organization. Also, the organization affairs lacked of well-organized inheritance that weaken the group capacity of Rong-sheng association. On the other hand, the relationship of Rong-sheng association and local communities is the key factor of organization sustainability. For the relationship with local communities, the operation of Rong-sheng association connecting with development of the local communities is the key incentive. Government is the important role for providing fundings and other resources. Nevertheless, the negative attitude of government about stream conservation reflected on the poor policy making and promoting, and affected the operation of local stream conservation program.