Phuket govt moves to retake stolen forests

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Phuket govt moves to retake stolen forests
The Phuket News


Forestry officials inspect the Bang Khanun Forest Preserve in Phuket, which has almost entirely disappeared thanks to locals hacking down the jungle to open up land for farming.

PHUKET: -- Following discussions between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, aimed at finding solutions to illegal deforestation on Phuket, it has been agreed to retake land from compromised areas and allocate some to the poor, for use as as farmland.

Details of the agreement were announced at a land reform meeting held last January 27 at Phuket Provincial Hall.

The intention is to set up a provincial work group which will come up with a comprehensive plan within 180 days.

Speaking at the January 27 meeting, Phuket Vice-Governor Somkiat Sangkhaosutthirak said, “The issue of deforestation in Phuket is a big problem which has gone on for a long time, and many previous governments have been unsuccessful in solving the issue.”

V/Gov Somkiet recently threw up his hands in despair at trying to solve the problem of national forests hacked down and occupied by local people, proposing that the land be given to the encroachers – if they are poor.

“One of the problems is that we do not have accurate boundary lines. We can see a boundary on a map, but when we visit the actual site we do not know where it is.

“There are many agencies responsible for this, but they cannot protect the land due to a lack of budget or shortage of staff.

“It is very difficult to displace the people who already live in the area as they will have nowhere to go.

“If this problem cannot be solved by the Agriculture Office and the Forestry Office, it will be decided by the Governor at the next provincial meeting.”

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-govt-moves-to-retake-stolen-forests-50847.php


-- Phuket News 2015-02-02

[cloudhopper]

"We can see a boundary on a map, but when we visit the actual site we do not know where it is."

What an incompetent.

[Briggsy]

GPS and its predecessor, map reading are yet to reach the Phuket authorities. But they can rub sticks together and ferment alcohol. An yo, point at shit and grin like a monkey, bro.

Edited February 2, 2015 by Briggsy

[KarenBravo]

The "Phuket Government", doesn't have the nads to take back candy from a baby.......

Edited February 2, 2015 by KarenBravo

[LivinginKata]

GPS and its predecessor, map reading are yet to reach the Phuket authorities. But they can rub sticks together and ferment alcohol. An yo, point at shit and grin like a monkey, bro.

The Land Office hates the day GPS was developed. This will take the guessing out of the boundary decisions (and cut into their take).

[simon43]

The Land Office hates the day GPS was developed. This will take the guessing out of the boundary decisions (and cut into their take).

Not if they their Thai GPS model #416, manufactured by ATSC (UK), the company who coincidentally sold a load of very expensive and fake bomb detectors to Thailand.

But back to the GPS model #416. This unit relies not on receiving positioning data from a range of satellites, but uses signals emitted by disguised, ground-based transmitters. A typical base unit is shown below:

There is some doubt as to the accuracy of the data provided by the base station transmitters....

[NamKangMan]

The Land Office hates the day GPS was developed. This will take the guessing out of the boundary decisions (and cut into their take).

Not if they their Thai GPS model #416, manufactured by ATSC (UK), the company who coincidentally sold a load of very expensive and fake bomb detectors to Thailand.

But back to the GPS model #416. This unit relies not on receiving positioning data from a range of satellites, but uses signals emitted by disguised, ground-based transmitters. A typical base unit is shown below:

gps.jpg

There is some doubt as to the accuracy of the data provided by the base station transmitters....

I thought the GPS coordinates for land identification relied on the below link. I believe they produce very accurate results.

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=images+thai+baht&biw=1280&bih=874&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=YTTQVM-BN4StUbqAhKAH&ved=0CBsQsAQ