Public should look at detail of anti-forest
By Piyaporn Wongruang
Sakda Samerpob
The Nation

 

National Parks chief Thanya Netithammakul, standing left, leads park officials nationwide via a teleconference to make a pledge to counter corruption and adhere to the department’s pursuit of accountability and transparency.

 

BANGKOK: -- GOVERNMENT CHIEFS including Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday urged the public to look at the detail of proposals by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) for tackling forest encroachment, saying it has merely tried to correct wrongs and not legalise wrongdoings including by resort owners.

 

The government would also look into the proposals to see whether they go against its forest suppression policies, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan. 

 

The prime minister said one of the proposals is only an attempt to amend the existing National Park Act to better manage those claiming to have lived in the forests long before they are declared as protected areas. 

 

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8 hours ago, webfact said:

The government would also look into the proposals to see whether they go against its forest suppression policies, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan. 

Whenever DPM Prawits name crops up I say to myself dubiously "yea sure here comes the truth" He sounds stressed and another trip to Hawaii may cure that all expenses paid of course. One need only to look at aerial maps of Thailand to see how the forest suppression policies are working. 

Edited February 1, 20179 yr by elgordo38