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Published: Feb 22, 2021
A 41-year-old alleged illegal logger was killed when a tree his gang was cutting in Nakhon Ratchasima province fell on him.
Published: Jul 15, 2020
A park ranger was shot dead while driving back after inspecting illegal logging in national park areas, Somchai Wichiankanlayarat, head of Klong Wang Chao National Park in Tak province, said on Tuesday (July 14) at 10.20am.
Published: Jun 24, 2019
Park officials on Monday arrested two Thai men while they were allegedly transporting 18 planks of wood processed from trees felled in a protected forest in Prachin Buri’s Kabin Buri district.
Published: Dec 02, 2018
THE ROYAL Forestry Department is going after some people who had released three letters accusing its former deputy director-general of being involved in bribery in a high-profile logging case for his promotion to the position of director-general.
Published: Mar 22, 2018
Authorities seized a large amount of hardwood logs from a shack built in a forest conservation area in Loei’s Dan Sai district during an inspection on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Colonel Pongphetch Ketsupa of the Internal Security Operations Command’s Loei branch on Thursday.
Published: Oct 31, 2017
Integrated forces for suppressing forest crime under the Forest Protecting Operation Centre have expanded an investigation in a bid to nab a transnational Phayung (Siamese rosewood) logging gang, believed to be the largest of its kind.
Published: Sep 08, 2017
FOREST rangers have arrested three Vietnamese men suspected of intending to illegally log a strip of forest connecting Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary and Mae Wong National Park.
Published: Dec 14, 2016
The killing in Myanmar of a journalist who covered issues related to illegal logging in the country must be investigated thoroughly and all findings made public.
Published: Jun 04, 2016
VIENTIANE - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has instructed that all types of forest be closed to logging by June 1, with all parties prohibited from collecting or removing logs from forest fields known locally as Sanam I.
Published: Sep 25, 2015
Myanmar and China have agreed to enhance their cooperation to combat illegal timber trade, which has been cited as a major reason in Myanmar's deforestation in recent years.