Thai forest reclamation causing grief

[cookee68]

Like they said if you can prove ownership then you are fine, if you cant the same as all over the world, then it is not yours, to many people been ridding this help your self to land shit for a very, very long time, now it is coming back to bite many of them.

[northernjohn]

How typical of this "government". No compassion and nothing well thought out.

So it looks like their reclamation plan is to cut down existing trees from the picture in the article. They might be crop trees, but trees serve a purpose, like producing oxygen and erosion control. Wouldn't it be better to do it in phases. For instance, plant real wild forest trees randomly and other forest flora around the illegal trees, then let the illegal crop eventually die out or come back and cut them down later. There are two benefits in doing this gradually; it gives the farmers more time to adjust and it doesn't created a barren area with no trees at all.

Nothing is ever well thought out here.

Including your reply.

The article said that 7 of the 10 had already proved they were OK. It is just an article based on fear. There picture could have been taken any where.

Basically what you are trying to do is sanction the illegal seizure of public property for personal use. If you are going to make an omelet you have to break some egg's.