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Lady rare-wood 'smuggler' in sights
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2018
» An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday for a Chinese woman, identified only as Mulan, who police believe is behind one of the largest transnational gangs smuggling precious wood out of Thailand to be sold overseas.
Visitor inflow ruins pristine park forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/10/2015
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) has expressed concerns over an influx of tourists at Phu Thap Boek, the mountain attraction in Phetchabun province, despite efforts by the department to curb the illegal construction of resorts in the national park.
Famed waterfall battle heads to court
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/09/2015
» A legal fight looms over the 12-rai Nang Rong waterfall tourism compound after the Nakhon Nayok Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) vowed to file a lawsuit with the Central Administration Court seeking protection of its rights to manage the site.
Encroachment crackdown 'targets poor'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2014
» More than 500 poor villagers have been prosecuted for forest encroachment over the past four months despite a National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) order to limit the scope of reclamation operations, activists say.
Ministry to hand over forest land
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/10/2014
» The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is expected to return three million rai of fertile forest to the Royal Forest Department after completing a survey of the land in the next six months.
Forest land clash heads to courtroom
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/09/2014
» The land encroachment problem at Sirinat National Park in Phuket has pitched two state agencies into a legal conflict.
Isoc cracks down on fake land titles
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/09/2014
» The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) has estimated that land rights documents for 100,000 rai nationwide were obtained illegally.
Chane denies encroachment
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/08/2014
» Former Democrat Party MP Chane Thaugsuban yesterday denied allegations of involvement with a land encroachment case in Loei province.
NHRC urges dept to suspend action on forest encroachers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/07/2014
» Human rights commissioners have called on the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to suspend legal action against forest dwellers under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s encroachment crackdown.
Prosecutions of forest crimes triple
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/07/2014
» Forest crime cases being prosecuted have tripled since martial law was announced in May and the military began launching suppression efforts to deal with poachers, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation says.