Forest Department to raise public awareness about protected species

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Forest Department to raise public awareness about protected species
By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai 
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FOREST DEPARTMENT will try to help people avoid running afoul of the law on cutting down trees by boosting public awareness of protected species and making regulations much clearer.

 

The promise was made after two elderly men were arrested for chopping up a dead Siamese rosewood tree on their land in Maha Sarakham province earlier this month.

 

“We will try to prevent such cases from recurring,” Athapol Charoenshunsa, a senior official at the department, said yesterday.

 

“Besides educating the public about tree species they cannot cut, we will also make the regulations clearer for law enforcers,” he said after meeting with the two men along with Tawatchai Thaikyo, deputy permanent secretary of the Justice Ministry.

 

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[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The promise was made after two elderly men were arrested for chopping up a dead Siamese rosewood tree on their land in Maha Sarakham province earlier this month.

Chopping up a dead tree on their land?? Really. Lets also include the live forest dwellers as well while there are still some left to talk about. Make regulations clearer for law enforcers hmm I can see a comic book in the offing on this one. 10 steps in pictures on how to do your job. On 2nd thought this might be a good idea and extend it to the police department as well. 

[cncltd1973]

10 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Chopping up a dead tree on their land?? Really. Lets also include the live forest dwellers as well while there are still some left to talk about. Make regulations clearer for law enforcers hmm I can see a comic book in the offing on this one. 10 steps in pictures on how to do your job. On 2nd thought this might be a good idea and extend it to the police department as well. 

By the headline I was hoping they were cracking down on illegal logging, and in an ironic way it is - jailing the elderly for cutting a dead tree. Jeez