Army survey team to inspect disputed land in Khao Yai National Park

Mapping officers from the Survey Department and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will visit Khao Yai National Park on Sunday, to conduct field mapping of land claimed by the land reform office of Nakhon Ratchasima province.

The department sought help from the Survey Department after several demarcation stones were illegally erected in the park, allegedly without prior consultation with park officials.

The Nakhon Ratchasima land reform office is currently in the process of issuing Sor Por Kor 4-01 land certificates to landless farmers and will eventually change the land certificates into title deeds, under the ambitious plan of Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao to change Sor Por Kor land certificates into title deeds covering 3.52 million hectares throughout the country.

Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department…