National Park

  • Environment NewsWildfire damages over 2000 rai in national park
    ThaigerMonday, February 17, 2020
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    Wildfire damages over 2000 rai in national park

    A wildfire yesterday morning in the Phu Kradueng National Park in the northeastern province of Loei damaged more than 2000 rai, mostly pineforest and grassland. Adisorn Hemthanont, chief of the park’s wildfire extinguishment unit, made the announcement today. “A dozen staff tried to extinguish the fire but the strong winds blew fireballs across the fire barrier and [they] landed about…

  • Northern Thailand NewsTop 10 rules to avoid an elephant squishing your car
    ThaigerSunday, November 3, 2019
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    Top 10 rules to avoid an elephant squishing your car

    PHOTO: Khaosod English After the video of a bull elephant sitting on a car whilst it was trying to drive through Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima went viral, officials have come up with 10 rules to follow when confronted by a wild elephant who has an unnatural attraction to your car. The 35 year old tusked elephant, Duea,…

  • Northern Thailand NewsBodies of 8 dead elephants risk contaminating reservoir in Thai national park
    Maya TaylorThursday, October 17, 2019
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    Bodies of 8 dead elephants risk contaminating reservoir in Thai national park

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Officials are concerned that the bodies of eight elephants who died after plunging down a waterfall in Khao Yai national park, central Thailand, now risk contaminating the park’s water flowing into a nearby reservoir. Thai PBS World reports that officials at the Khun Dan Prakan Chon reservoir plan to take a boat upstream to Khlong Ton Sai…

  • Tourism NewsTourists rush to climb Australia’s Uluru before ban kicks in on October 26
    ThaigerThursday, October 10, 2019
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    Tourists rush to climb Australia’s Uluru before ban kicks in on October 26

    by Holly Robertson Large numbers of tourists are rushing to scale ‘Uluru’, aka. Ayers Rock, ahead of a looming ban on climbing the enormous natural monolith in the centre of Australia, sacred to indigenous Australians. Critics have been lashing the last-minute climbers as “ignorant”, saying they’re going against the wishes of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land, the Anangu.…

  • Northern Thailand NewsBuri Ram villagers urged not to harm wild elephants
    ThaigerTuesday, May 28, 2019
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    Buri Ram villagers urged not to harm wild elephants

    FILE PHOTO Buri Ram provincial officials are asking villagers living near a Thai national reserve forest not to harm wild animals, including elephants, that may wander out of the forest. Officials say they’ve spotted a large herd of 32 wild elephants in the Krapod mountain, part of the restricted area. Sa Saengsawang, the director of the province’s national resources and…

  • Krabi NewsCoconut trees provide evidence for land ownership case
    ThaigerFriday, August 17, 2018
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    Coconut trees provide evidence for land ownership case

    Coconut trees have saved a 71 rai (11 hectare) patch of park forestland on beautiful Poda Island (8km from Ao Nang) from falling into the hands of the private sector. Evidence was solid enough for the Appeal Court to overturn a ruling that awarded the land ownership to a man. If the plot became privately owned it could possibly fetch…