Worse, about 20 million rai, mostly in watersheds, is severely deforested and almost 6 million rai has been occupied. The forest reform panel has also addressed reordering land uses and conflict resolution. The forest reform panel estimates that as many as 5.9 million rai are encroached upon at present. The forest reform panel has proposed area-based forest management reform as its third reform issue. The forest reform panel has proposed public participation and resolutions for human and wildlife conflict as the fourth and fifth reform issues.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 11, 2017 12:22 UTC