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Parks officials refuse to budge over Similan quota
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/10/2018
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has rejected a request by business operators to postpone a quota system for tourists in Similan National Park in Phangnga province.
Parks dept mulls closing Maya Bay
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/04/2017
» Krabi - The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is to temporarily close Maya Bay to give the world-famous beach's ecology time to recover.
Court hits developer in island battle
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2018
» The Appeal Court has ordered a resort developer to return a large block of land on Koh Poda in Krabi to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
3 resorts face encroachment counts in park
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/10/2015
» Loei: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will file charges against three resort owners accused of forest land encroachment in Phu Rua district of this province.
Panel to probe Phuket encroachment in parks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/06/2016
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has set up a committee to examine land ownership documents suspected of being unlawfully issued for more than 2,000 rai of protected mangroves and forest reserves in Phuket.
Parks urges tighter log trade rules
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2016
» Thailand has urged neighbouring countries and China to tighten regulations to curb the illegal Siamese rosewood timber trade.
Giant hopes for Elephant Day
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/03/2022
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has drawn up a 10-year action plan to mitigate human-elephant conflicts that have occurred wherever elephants and locals share the same habitat, competing for the same resources.
The Beach's Maya Bay on Phi Phi to shut down
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/03/2018
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has ordered the closure of the world-class tourist site Maya Bay of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi province.
Dept sticks by Chaiwat to head panel
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/05/2016
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has shrugged off opposition by activists to its appointment of controversial figure Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn as head of a special task force to suppress forest encroachment.
Temple tigers died from prior diseases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/09/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said on Monday that 86 tigers confiscated from a Kanchanaburi temple three years ago had since died of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and a respiratory disease caused by inbreeding.