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Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex has been listed as a World Heritage Site, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-archa said on Monday.

A forest fire broke out in the Samoeng district of Chiang Mai province, but officials have reportedly managed to control it as of Tuesday morning.

Chiang Mai authorities are buying dried leaves from villagers in a measure to tackle forest fires and pollution caused by locals burning dead vegetation in the province.

The Supreme Court accepted the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s lawsuit against Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt on Thursday morning, and subsequently suspended the MP from her duties.

The government's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency reported on Saturday morning that 572 fire hotspots were detected in Thailand on Friday, down by over a half from Thursday.

KA-32 helicopter was sent on Friday to put out forest fires on a mountain in Chiang Mai province where fire-fighters could not reach.

Forest officials were relieved to find the wild elephant they had helped revive last week is healthy and leading its life normally in the Chachoengsao Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary.

Chiang Mai was ranked as having the worst air quality in the world for three consecutive days on Tuesday morning.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said on Monday morning that 1,404 hotspots had been found in Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces. This was 48.62 per cent fewer than the 2,379 hotspots found during the same period last year.

A 41-year-old alleged illegal logger was killed when a tree his gang was cutting in Nakhon Ratchasima province fell on him.

The Royal Forest Department on Thursday filed a police complaint at Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division against Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, his mother Somporn and his sister Chanaphan for allegedly encroaching on national forest land in Ratchaburi province.

Mae Hong Son Governor Sithichai Jindaluang, accompanied by the Pai district village headman and local government officials, inspected the district on Wednesday after a series of wildfires there after 155 heat points were detected and the River Fire Control Station was called in to tackle several blazes.