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Bangkok Post – Locals taken aback as fertile forests carved up

A herd of gaurs from Khao Yai National Park’s Khao Phaeng Ma Non-Hunting Area is seen coming out of the forest to forage for food in January. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

Kittisak Prompinij, a community leader in Ban Heo Pla Kang, Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district, said he was puzzled why a group of non-residents could be allocated fertile forest area from Khao Yai National Park under the Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform scheme, when locals had missed out for years.

The community is near a buffer zone of the park. While many locals have applied for land documents without success for decades, the Agricultural Land…

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