7 Deer cross a car park at the Khao Yai National Park office on June 25, when the park began testing its QUEQ mobile application designed for securing advance booking to visit the park. Arnun Chonmahatrakool
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ordered all national parks across the country to close in March to prevent the novel coronavirus disease from spreading further during the country s first wave of infections.
For a few months, the environment was left untouched, with minimal artificial disturbances. As a consequence, nature began to recover in many places. Improvements in marine habitats which followed the lockdown proved the best way to let the environment recover is to leave it alone, so it can rehabilitate itself.