Presented during the conference on the state of our forests in Southeast Asia - 24 November 2016 - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

1. Forest Land
according to
Forest Laws
21.68 Million ha.
42.3%
Forest
area
16 Million
Ha.
32%

2. Type of Forest
1,221 Preserve Forest
127 National Park
58 Wildlife Sanctuary
67 Non-hunting area
Mangrove Forest
Source: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

3. Highland Communities vs. Forest Area
Source : สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนาพื้นที่สูง

5. Forest Act 1941
Definition of forest = Land not title document
Forest Zoning 1961
Agriculture land 50% Preserve Forest 50%
- 1960 Wild life Act
- 1961 NP Act
- 1964 PF Act
Forest Land 42.3% of State Land
Watershed Zoning
1992
Preserve Forest zoning: Conservation (1A), Economic,
Agriculture area

6. Preserve Forest: Pa Chiang Dao 1973
Wildlife Sangtuary: Pa Doi Chiang Dao 1978
National Park: Huay Nam Dang 1995
National Park: Chiang Dao 2000
Land Reform in PF 1979

7. 1973 – 1982
(9 year)
6.5 Mil Ha.
1988 Logging Ban
1973 2009
Decreasing of Forest Land

8. 1988
Logging Ban
1991
Conservation Regime
Northeast
Peasants
Federation
People Movements
(28 years, 15 Government)
Assembly of the Poor
1997
Southern
Peasants
Federation
2008
People
Movement
for Society
Justice (P-
Move)
2000
Northern
Peasants
Federation
Northeast-
Land Reform
Network
2006 2010

9. Four Laws for the Poor in Thailand
1. Progressive land tax bill
2. Public land bank bill
3. Community land and natural resource management
rights bill (Community Land Title)
4. Justice fund bill

10. Four Laws for Poor
(Community Land Title, Land Bank, Progressive Land Tax, Legal Fund)

11. Military and Conservation Regime

12. Karen’s houses were burned,
Kaeng Kachan National Park

13. Ko-ee,
105 years old
Karen
- Born in 1911
- 30 years
before first
Forest Act
-50 years
before NP Act

14. Forced disappearances
villager leaders

15. Four leaders were killed, Southern Thailand

16. Reclaim Forest Area Policy, NCPO 2014

17. Officers arrested 29 Karen, IP Northern Thailand

18. Reclaim forest area,
clear cut villagers’ rubber
plantations

19. Lessons learned ?
New directions ?

20. Forest and Land Use Zoning
พื้นที่ป่ าอนุรักษ์ 4,747.31 ไร่
พื้นที่ทากิน 2,254 ไร่
พื้นที่ป่ าใช้สอย 2,073 ไร่

21. 2
3
6
3
2
5
6
4
Community Development
1
2
4
5 7
7
1 1

22. Forest Restoration and conservation
1
2
4
3
2
บวชป่ า/ กาหนดเขตอนุรักษ์/ ดูแลป่ า
1
ปลูกป่ าใช ้สอย /Food bank
2
ระบบอนุรักษ์ดินและน้า/ ปลูกแฝก
3
เขตอนุรักษ์พันธุ์สัตว์น้า
5
5
ฝายชะลอน้า
4

23. Improving farming and production