BANGKOK, Nov 20 (TNA) -
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.(TNA)--E006 |