Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation plans to launch a major operation on Wednesday, about a month ahead of the dry season, in ten national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the northern and western regions of the country, with the aim of reducing forest fires by 50% this year, compared to last year.
An estimated 480,000 hectares of forest in Thailand’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries were destroyed in forest fires, mostly caused by humans, during the dry season from last December until early this year. These include 38,520 hectares of 101,401 hectares in Mae Ping National Park.
Narupon Thipmontha, chief of the Bureau for Forest Fire Prevention and Control’s office, told Thai PBS, during an aerial inspection of forests in the northern region, that the launch date of the operations was brought forward, as it is anticipated that the…
