Wildlife officers install a sign warning visitors to Bung Boraphet in Nakhon Sawan against collecting lotus flowers. (Photos by Chalit Poomruang)NAKHON SAWAN: Residents and tourists have been warned not to collect lotus plants from Bung Boraphet, the country's largest freshwater swamp, as it disrupts efforts to restore the ecologically degraded wetland. Wildlife officials from the Bung Boraphet Non-Hunting Area arrived at the “lotus viewing area” of the wetland in two boats to erect a warning sign in the water on Friday. Bung Boraphet is the largest freshwater swamp and lake in central Thailand. “The Bung Boraphet marsh is recovering again.

Source: Bangkok Post November 05, 2016 12:17 UTC