An estimate by the World Wildlife Fund concluded that between 1973 and 2009, Thailand’s forests declined by 43%. The Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation reported that 53% of Thailand was covered by forest in 1961. The latest studies by the Thailand Royal Forest Department, showed that only 31.6% of Thailand was covered by forest in 2019.
Forest cover in Thailand has been greatly reduced as people converted forested land to agriculture and other reasons that I am not too sure of. As of 2016, Thailand has an average annual deforestation rate of 0.72% and if this continues, the forests could really disappear in a few decades.
In response to the drastic environmental degradation, the Thailand government stepped up with the Twelfth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2017-2021) and warned that the the deteriorating levels of the country’s natural resources and environmental quality could become a weakness in sustaining their quality of life and threaten their industrial productions and services too.
Large volume of natural resources were utilised for the country’s developments and urbanisation, and this has resulted in infertile soil and reduced biodiversity. It was highlighted that unfair allocation of access and exploitation of natural resources could affect their living conditions and add economic costs.
The Thai government has been working diligently to increase awareness of forestry work and preservation to the Thais and already has in place forest policies to increase the green spaces in the country, but it takes two hands to clap and they will require a lot of support from the forestry academics and professionals.
In line with the government’s attempt to bridge the gaps within the forestry sector and enhance collaboration across related professional groups, the Thailand government has organised and opened the 2021 Forestry Conference – Thai Forestry For The People, aimed at raising the public’s awareness on the academic principles of forestry studies and to encourage them to always develop forest-related knowledge to maintain their edge.
The focus will be on forest economics, sustainable urban development, improving knowledge transfer among the timber community, raising professional standards among the forestry professionals and biodiversity of the Thailand forests.
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