A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is to be drafted, between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, to settle the land dispute related to areas for the land reform scheme and forest protection.
The MoU will be the result of a special meeting today, between the permanent secretaries of the two ministries and heads of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO), called to resolve land dispute over land around Khao Yai National Park, claimed by both the ALRO and the Department of National Parks.
Jatuporn Buruspat, permanent secretary of natural resources and environment, said it was agreed the meeting that issuance of land reform (Sor Por Kor) certificates to impoverished farmers must, in the future, be vetted by a committee,comprising representatives of nine state…
