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Parks meet 2-billion-baht target
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2024
» The National Park Office earned 2 billion baht in revenue over the past ten months, its director announced yesterday, already surpassing its target for the 2024 fiscal year, which ends in September.
Makers of ‘Jurassic World’ film told to be careful
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2024
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Phatcharavat Wongsuwan has welcomed the planned shooting of Jurassic World 4 in national parks in the South but said the production must not damage the environment.
Park battles rising tide of rubbish
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2024
» According to Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials, marine officers will step up their work collecting floating rubbish around the popular Koh Phi Phi beach, which has been swept in by the monsoon season weather cycle.
Rare white whale evades search team
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/01/2024
» Although a search for a white Omura's whale proved fruitless on Tuesday, a research team found four other Omura's whales (Balaenoptera omurai) near Koh Hae, off Phuket, instead.
Cancelled e-tickets stir public doubt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/12/2023
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) yesterday clarified its decision to scrap an e-ticket system at six national parks, saying the system was not fully ready.
German cliff jumper found dead
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/01/2023
» KRABI: Authorities have recovered the body of a German tourist who jumped off a cliff in Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park on Saturday afternoon.
Depressed German tourist escapes rangers, jumps to death from Krabi cliff
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2023
» KRABI: A German tourist, said to be suffering from depression, jumped to his death from a cliff while being accompanied by park rangers on a nature trail over the Khao Ngon Nak mountain crest in the Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park in this southern coastal province on Saturday afternoon. His body was found at a spot below the cliff at 1am on Sunday.
Foreigner in hot water for TikTok fishing video
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2022
» Authorities are searching for a foreign man after a TikTok video of him illegally catching parrotfish off Koh Phi Phi Leh in Krabi provoked outraged reaction.
Dept rejects call to remove jumbo's collar
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2021
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has rejected a request to remove a tracking collar attached to a wild elephant, saying there is no evidence the device made the animal aggressive and caused it to attack and kill an 80-year-old man.
National park visitors okay with entry limits: DNP
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/07/2020
» The government's move to limit the number of visitors to national parks over the four-day long weekend yielded satisfactory results, according to the National Parks Office (NPO) under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).