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4 Equipment utilized:  Rope for plot set -up  GPS  Tape m easure  Dat a collect ion form  Aluminum t ag for t ree num bering  Dry w eight and carbon calculat ion program by Som sak and Taw ee 2010  Com put er  Cam era b. Dat a analysis The dat a on diam et er is supplied int o a form ula t o calculat e t he dry w eight of t he w hole t ree or biom ass per t ree in t he dry evergreen forest. The form ula below adopt ed from Tsusum i et al. 1983 w as developed by Som sak and Taw ee 2010; WS = 0.0509 dbh2h 0.919 WB = 0.00893 dbh2h 0.977 WL = 0.014 dbh2h 0.669 h = 85.6 dbh0.916 46.8 + 1.83 dbh0..916 w here,  WS , WB , and WL are dry w eight kilogram of st em , br anch and leaf consecut ively;  Dbh is diam et er at breast height 1.30 m et er above gr ound in cent im et er; and  h is t he height of t ree in m et er The calculat ion of carbon st ock per t ree is based on the product of biom ass per t ree and fixed value of 0.47 per IPCC st andard biom ass t ree x 0.47. The values are added up t o get t he carbon am ount in t he area of 800 square m et ers. Calculat ion w as done for carbon st orage in each rot at ional field and age class; in rot at ional fields aged bet w een 1-7 years; and carbon em ission in year eight t hrough slash and burn syst em .

V. Results and findings quantitative, qualitative

A. Indigenous Know ledge IK and Local know ledge or LAAM As 1. Forest M anagement Tajduf on restricted areas or sacred sites rituals areas Sacred sit es or t radit ional conservat ion forest areas based on people’s beliefs can be classified int o different ecological zones. In M ae Lan Kham village, t he sacred sit es can be classified as: a. Areas w it h rest rict ive ecological charact erist ics based on Pgaz K’ Nyau beliefs e.g. t he area bet w een m ount ains or w here t w o m ount ains are facing each ot her called Tajdeidof or large w ind-reducing area. This ecological charact erist ic is believed t o be set up for t he journey of spirit ual beings. Ht ipejht auf or w at er dipping out is t he ecological condit ion of w at er source of various canals and rivers of M ae Lan Kham forest . Deifm uj be m ount ain frog incubat ing . This