National parks department states its two-week online ‘public hearing’ drew more than 900,000 individuals PUBLISHED : 12 Jul 2024 at 20: 56 An aerial picture published on July 10 by Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, director of the National Park Office, reveals challenged land in Thap Lan National Park in Wang Nam Khieo district of Nakhon Ratchasima. He asks if the structures, some of them high-end homes and resorts, are actually residences of regional individuals. (Photo: Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn Facebook) Ninety-five percent of the more than 900,000 individuals who took part in an online study oppose withdrawing the safeguarded status of 265,286 rai (425 square kilometres) of land in Thap Lan National Park, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). The study, billed as a public hearing, was brought out on the department’s site inbetween June 28 and July 12, with 922,898 reactions, stated Attapol Charoenshunsa, the department’s director-general. He stated 96.9% of individuals were members of the basic public, with the rest consistingof regional locals from th
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