The dissertation entitled “Buddhism Integrated Water Resources Management, Chiang Mai Province” consists of 3 objectives as: 1) to study the concept of water management based on the Buddhist principle, 2) to explore the water management of the Ping River Conservation Organization in Chiang Mai province and 3) to investigate the Buddhism integrated in water resources management of the Ping River Conservation Organization. This research was involved with two research methodologies viz., the documentary research method and the qualitative research method. The data were analyzed to be the process of the water management resources and its results were as follows:

The water resources management in line with the Buddhist principle is the management of water resources and uses them for the maximum benefit and it depends on the forest resources management:  an aggravating factor to the water resources. The importance of water resources is related to other resources such as the forest recourses; in term of the dependent origination, it is important to the subsistence and adequate for water consumption.  In addition, the water resources are important in term of the agricultural management and are the places of pleasant for relaxing. There were shown through the Vinaya or disciplines, the Buddhist religious rite and the role of Buddhist monks.

The water resources management of the Ping River Conservation is, in another way, considered to be the collaboration management among state agencies, private sectors, the Royal Project, the Local Administrative Organization, the Community of Ping Watershed and the Sangha Community. They have noted that the water resources belong to the public, thus it should be managed together with the use of local traditional rituals and the state power.

Last, in case of  Buddhism integrated  water resources management of the Ping River Conservation Organization, it was integrated by using the Buddhist doctrines, state power, indigenous knowledge and power of community in order to effectively and mutually beneficial to all parties. Regarding to the effective model of  the integrated water resources management, it should cultivate the morality in people’s mind, use the law for controlling behavior, the networking operation and descending the indigenous knowledge.