Agriculture Ministry’s claim of “buffer zone” in Khao Yai park challenged

Defiant National Parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn has challenged the Agriculture Ministry’s claim, based on the Army Survey Department’s “One Map”, that the disputed land in Khao Yai National Park is…

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Probe ordered into alleged forest encroachment in Pang Asoke

The Royal Forest Department has order an investigation into an allegation that one of its former employees has encroached on the Pang Asoke woodlot, in Klang Dong sub-district of Nakhon…

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File photo : Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao inspects maps of Khao Yai National Park recently.

Agriculture minister orders investigation into removing of demarcation marking stone in Khao Yai

The ministries of Agriculture and the Natural Resources and Environment appear to be at the loggerheads over land ownership claims in Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province. On…

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Former Kaeng Krachan park chief gets 3 years over disappearance of Billy

Nine years after the enforced disappearance of Karen human rights activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases sentenced former Kaeng Krachan nation park chief…

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29 state officials accused of involvement in precious wood trafficking

A formal complaint has been lodged with National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) by the director of the National Parks Office,accusing 29 state officials at various agencies of involvement in the trafficking…

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Over 100 rosewood logs seized at fish farm in Surin province

Forest rangers seized 123 rosewood logs from a fish farm in Kap Choeng district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Surin on Wednesday. The raid was launched by Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, director…

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Two park rangers injured in landmine explosion in Chiang Mai forest

Two park rangers were injured by what is believed to have been a landmine while their five-man team was patrolling in the Pha Daeng National Park in Chai Prakan district…

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New park chief says it’s OK to be seen as a “mafia figure” if poachers fear him

Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, the newly-appointed director of the Office of National Parks, declared today (Wednesday) that he would not mind being seen as a “mafia figure”, if it wouldstrike fear in…

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Embattled Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn to oversee Thailand’s national parks

The Chief of the Protected Areas Regional Office 9, Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, has been appointed director of the Office of National Parks in the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant…

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Demining officer killed, another injured in blast near Thai-Cambodian border

A member of the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion, as they led a team of forest rangers on a patrol in…

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Former Kaeng Krachan Park chief Chaiwat reinstated by Phetchaburi Court

The Phetchaburi Administrative Court revoked orders today (Thursday), issued by the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, dismissing Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, former chief of…

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Ex-park chief summoned to acknowledge charge of murdering Karen activist

Former Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn and his three former subordinates have been summoned to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) tomorrow (Wednesday), to acknowledge murder and other…

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Former park chief indicted for murder over enforced disappearance of Karen activist

The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has decided to indict former Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn for pre-meditated murder over the disappearance and presumed death of indigenous Karen…

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