The National Committee on Land Policy was set up in 2014. The deteriorated forest land in question falls under the purview of the Royal Forest Department. He said the National Committee on Land Policy has allocated 95,072 rai to 8,500 people living in 17 provinces. "We admit there have been delays because we conducted some of the work manually, such as the forest land surveys," he said. Meanwhile, the Royal Forest Department said it has reclaimed 351,622 rai of land since 2014 and seen 10,939 cases of forest land encroachment.

Source: Bangkok Post May 17, 2017 21:33 UTC