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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).
Panel pushes Songkhla town clusters for Unesco
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/03/2024
» The national committee on the World Heritage Convention on Wednesday recommended four historic town clusters located in the southern province of Songkhla for inclusion in Unesco's tentative list of potential new world heritage sites.
Committee backs DNP in Nang Rong land dispute
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/03/2024
» An Office of Attorney-General committee has ruled in favour of the Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) in its dispute with the Nakhon Nayok Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) over the 12-rai Nang Rong waterfall tourism compound at Khao Yai National Park, according to the OAG.
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.
Roaming tiger caught, blind in one eye
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/02/2024
» A young tiger that wandered into a village, triggering panic, was captured on Monday night and taken to a wildlife centre for medical treatment before it is released back into the jungle well away from population centres.
DNP team deployed to capture wandering tiger
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2024
» The Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has sent a team of officials and veterinarians to capture a wild tiger that has been wandering into a village in Kamphaeng Phet, triggering panic among locals.
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.
Rare leatherback turtle found dead in fishing net
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2024
» A leatherback sea turtle was found dead on a beach in Phangnga this week after getting entangled in a fishing net.