Tree annual rings help parks department win back ownership of Koh Poda

[snoop1130]

Tree annual rings help parks department win back ownership of Koh Poda

 

 

After 33 years of courtroom battle, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has finally won back the legal ownership of Koh Poda island off the southern province of Krabi , thanks to two crucial pieces of evidence — the annual rings of the oldest coconut tree on the island and aerial photos of the island taken in year 1967.

 

The Appeals Court on Thursday reversed the verdict of the Krabi provincial court and declared the department the rightful owner of the 71-rai scenic island popular among tourists.

 

The department chief Mr Tunya Netithammakul, accompanied by Pol Cpt Wisanu Chimtrakul, an expert on consumer protection and environment cases of the Department of Special Investigation and a representative from the Plants Research Centre of Chumporn province explained how the case was won at a press conference today.

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/tree-annual-rings-help-parks-department-win-back-ownership-of-koh-poda/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-8-17

[wombat]

just taking that ring thing one step further.....there is a tree in Africa that is 5000 years older tree in America that is 1500 years old and one in New Zealand that is 1000 years old.
chainsaw them down, check the growth rings an prove or disprove global warming once and for all.
just saying.

[tagalong]

The justice/no justice system in Thailand is full of holes like good Swiss cheese....33 years to settle this land ownership....Absurd to say the least...or were the brown envelopes padded enough to last that long?...