The minister of natural resources and environment has issued new regulations to protect the century-old Yang Na trees along the iconic Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway, including bans on buildings and any activity that would affect their roots.
The Chiang Mai provincial hall announced that the Royal Gazette had published the new ministerial notice. It was signed by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa and took effect immediately.
The new rules protect Yang Na trees along about nine kilometres of Highway 106, which joins Chiang Mai and Lamphun, and at Wat Muang Kai and Ban Pa Yang in Chiang Mai’s Muang district. There are more than 900 Yang Na trees at least 150 years…
