Thailand environmental and tourism initiatives

Thailand Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, is advancing several environmental and tourism programs. In Khao Yai, the government is promoting the “Forest People School” to foster eco-tourism and environmental awareness among youth through the establishment of a “Forest, Mountain, Water, and Sea Youth Protection Club.” Additionally, officials are being trained as “conservation hiking instructors” to improve safety and ecological management in national parks.

In Ranong province, three natural attractions have achieved the GREEN Health Attraction standard for hygiene and safety, serving as models for national expansion. Concurrently, efforts are underway to resolve land rights disputes in Thap Lan National Park, aiming to provide legal residency to approximately 30,000 people. While seeking to balance conservation with habitation, authorities are also targeting illegal land occupation by large-scale investors through demolitions and potential anti-money laundering actions.