Development of Legislative Measures for Sustainable Management in Rubber Industry

Abstract

The rubber industry in Thailand has three major components: upstream, midstream and downstream industries known as plantation sector, semi-finished production sector and finished production sector. These three industries are controlled by Rubber Control Act B.E. 2542, while only the upstream industries are promoted by Rubber Authority of Thailand Act B.E. 2558. From these two acts, it is argued that their legislative measures may be unrealistic to exactly enforce all. Therefore, they should be developed to meet sustainability in rubber industry. Presented in this paper is a development of legislative measures for sustainable management in rubber industry. The in-depth interview and focus group were applied to investigate the impact of legislative measures on upstream, midstream and downstream industries. The results show that some legislative measures should be repealed. It also reports the guidance for developing the legislative measures in rubber industry