Thailand’s Khao Sok National Park is 50th Asean Heritage Park

A protected area in Thailand, touted as the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest, Khao Sok National Park, was declared an Asean Heritage Park (AHP), the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) announced in a news release.

The environment ministers of the Asean approved the nomination of Khao Sok National Park as the 50th Asean Heritage Park as endorsed and recommended virtually by the 31st Meeting of the Asean Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) and the 22nd meeting of the governing board of the ACB, hosted by Vietnam on November 24 and 25, 2020.

“We are pleased to share the news that Khao Sok National Park has joined the list of designated Asean Heritage Parks. These remarkable parks are areas of high conservation value that best represent the region’s rich natural resources and cultural identity,” said ACB Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim.

The ACB, as…