Thirty-seven protected forests, including several wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, have been declared off-limits to outsiders without prior permission to enter, as the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ramps up its efforts to reduce bushfires and ease airborne pollution as the dry season approaches.

 

The department’s director-general, Atthaphon Charoenchansa, said yesterday that the department has set a target to reduce forest fires this coming dry season to half those of last summer, to ease the problem of PM2.5 pollution.

 

Park officials in 17 northern and several other provinces in the north-eastern and central regions, which are prone to forest fires, have been instructed to take precautionary steps, including a “door-knocking” measure, visiting villagers with previous records of causing forest fires, to warn them that they will face harsh penalties if they commit the same offences this year.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-06

 

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10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

to warn them that they will face harsh penalties if they commit the same offences this year.

Well that's the right step, in the right direction but I wonder what the harsh penalties are?

100 lashes with a wet noodle?

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Park officials in 17 northern and several other provinces in the north-eastern and central regions, which are prone to forest fires, have been instructed to take precautionary steps, including a “door-knocking” measure, visiting villagers with previous records of causing forest fires, to warn them that they will face harsh penalties if they commit the same offences this year.

I'm sure they will abide when asked nicely not to burn this year.

and you are not allowed to ride a motorbike without a helmet.........

39 minutes ago, rwill said:

and you are not allowed to ride a motorbike without a helmet.........

Where is this.....? Took a bit of a count at the lights yesterday, very few seem to bother. 

But but where will they go hunting and foraging, for those wild bores, deer, and mushrooms?  

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

including a “door-knocking” measure, visiting villagers

I can supply the door numbers of offenders on my moo baan + the local wats.