National park officials, soldiers and border patrol police begin felling rubber trees planted illegally on two blocks of land inside Khao Nan National Park in Tha Sala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on Tuesday. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A 135-strong task force has felled almost 1,500 rubber trees planted on two blocks of land inside Khao Nan National Park in Tha Sala district. The encroached areas will be replanted with native trees and the forest restored. National park chief Charan Duangpaen said a total of 1,460 rubber trees were growing on the land. He suggested that local villagers were not behind the encroachment of land inside the park, with 30-40 rai sometimes being cleared in one day - a difficult task.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2018 05:26 UTC