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Top environmental issues of 2024: Kingdom's ecology under attack
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2024
» Environmental issues damaged Thai society and the economy in a number of ways in 2024.
Authorities target land reform graft
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2024
» An investigation into land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park has been launched, with authorities vowing to seize properties built on plots reserved for landless farmers and punish all officials involved.
'Efforts underway' to settle land dispute
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/03/2024
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow yesterday told the House of Representatives that efforts are underway to settle a land dispute between the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Thamanat imposes buffer-zones curb
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/02/2024
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow will outline an agricultural land reform policy on Tuesday to ensure that buffer zones are established between forest reserves and land designated for agricultural use, and that these zones will not be allocated to farmers.
Forest buffer zone 'won't be touched'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/02/2024
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow has pledged to preserve and not touch the forest buffer zones within national parks across the country, to reduce the problem of disputed lands between two state agencies and an ongoing row.
DNP rejects Alro carve-up of land in national park
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/02/2024
» The Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) on Sunday insisted that nobody can take forest land within Khao Yai National Park under the new agricultural land title deed policy.
Park land dispute sparks controversy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/02/2024
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation is upset by the Agricultural Land Reform Office's (Alro) intention to grant land rights within Khao Yai National Park to farmers, arguing against the use of fertile forestry zones for agriculture.
Govt redraw of forest borderlines on cards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2023
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said he had no objection to the possibility of new forest borderlines being drawn up at Thap Lan National Park in Prachin Buri's Nadi district if it is able to deal with issues of forest encroachment there.
Alro changes regulations on how allocated land is used
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/11/2020
» The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has revamped its regulations to allow Sor Por Kor landholders to develop their plots into apartment buildings, gas stations and food-processing plants, among others.
Alro drags feet over Pareena encroachment case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/06/2020
» "The Pareena case" is the latest transgression to depict the failure of Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) to make sure land plots belong to poor farmers.