PHUKET: The 70 rai of protected mangrove forests investigated on Phuket yesterday in fear it was being illegally encroached on was whittled down to only two rai after a followup probe this morning. “After I examined the Klong Mudong area in Chalong again today, I was able to determine that only about two rai of the land being reclaimed by developers is actual mangrove area,” Pongsapak Aiabsakul, chief of the Mangrove Forest Resources Development Station Phuket office, told the Phuket Gazette today.
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Phuket mangrove deforestation probe whittles down encroachment claim
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