Starting today, 89 conservation forests will be closed until the wildfire situation returns to normal.
On March 10, Mr. Atthaphon Charoenchansa, Director-General of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Acting Director General of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said that from the current haze and forest fire situation When inspecting heat points throughout the country Most of them were found in conserved forest areas. The National Park Service therefore considered and deemed it appropriate to close and control conserved forest areas. (national park wildlife sanctuary Non-hunting areas) to prevent disasters from wildfires, 89 places will be closed until the situation begins to normalize. After that, it will gradually open the conservation forest as appropriate.
Mr. Atthaphon said that in the northern region, almost every province is worried. because in addition to having a hot spot in Thailand Thailand is also affected by transboundary haze. Resulting in continuous high dust values from the statistics of hot spots in Thailand Most of them are found in Kanchanaburi Province because it is a mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest. The fire will linger for a long time and is a high mountain area Difficult to put out the fire in time However, he has coordinated with the Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation. to extinguish forest fires in all western forest areas by the Royal Rainmaking Department It will start operating tomorrow (March 11), since during March 11 – 23, 2023 in the area, the weather is humid, suitable for making royal rain.
“I have instructed officials to be strict in preventing illegal entry into protected forest areas. especially in the group of cow herders in the forest Which is another important cause of forest fires in the Srinakarin Dam National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, and has the authorities ready to extinguish the fire as soon as there is an incident reported And to coordinate the daily situation monitoring with the provincial war room closely, ”said Nan-Attapol.
