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| Thailand leads way in creation of regional conservation zone | |
| BANGKOK, Nov 20
- Thailand is to stand at the forefront of region-wide developments to
create conservation zones which cross national borders, a senior National
Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said yesterday.
Speaking in Bangkok during the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress, Mr. Schwann Tunhikorn, the Director of the Wildlife Conservation Office, said that he had discussed with representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a Thai proposal to create extensive regional conservation zones. Noting that wildlife moved and migrated without respecting national boundaries, he said that the divergence in protection measures enforced in each ASEAN country was having an adverse impact on wildlife, particularly the larger animals such as elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers and gaurs. Thailand has 46 conservation areas immediately adjacent to its borders with Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Malaysia. Mr. Schawann said that the ASEAN countries now aim to create a region-wide forest conservation area to maintain biodiversity.
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