Since October 2020, Thailand’s national parks authority has demolished or ordered the demolition of more than 20 luxury mansions, resorts and tourist hotels illegally built in national parks throughout the country’s Western Forest Complex, a globally significant biodiversity conservation corridor. Among the properties already demolished are a 3.2-hectare (8-acre) resort with 20 bungalows, allegedly belonging […]
KANCHANABURI: National park authorities on Friday posted a huge demolition notice at a 20-million-baht resort that encroaches on Sri Nakarin Dam National Park in Sri Sawat district.
The Year of the Ox is drawing to an end as we have become better at dealing with the Covid-19 virus. This year, water splashing was outlawed to avoid virus transmission and families were forced to enjoy the Songkran Festival at home once again.
KANCHANABURI: Demolition of a 30-million-baht luxury resort that encroached on Srinakarin Dam National Park in Si Sawat district is almost complete, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation official reported on Monday.
Illegal timber seized in Kanchanaburi
published : 10 Jan 2021 at 10:46
20 Park rangers move illegal tember seized from a house in Si Sawat district in Kanchanaburi to the Dan Mae Chaleap police station on Saturday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Officials from the Srinakarin Dam National Park on Saturday seized a quantity of illegal timber from a house in Si Sawat district.
Thiti Somphi, chief of the Srinakarin Dam National Park, said he led a team of officials to the house in a forest near Nam Phu village in tambon Khao Chot after receiving a report from an informant that there was some illegally-processed wood at the house.