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New land use rules seen as threat to poor farmers
A civic land rights group has expressed concern for the welfare of poorer farmers after a law change to allow commercial development on previously protected Sor Por Kor land was given the green light by agriculture chiefs.“The Agricultural Land Reform Office’s revamped rules allow businessmen, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Alro changes regulations on how allocated land is used
The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has revamped its regulations to allow Sor Por Kor landholders to develop their plots into apartment buildings, gas stations and food-processing plants, among others.The Sor Por Kor programme was enacted in 1975 with the aim of distributing degraded forest ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Lay of the land 'murky'
Sor Por Kor land — the degraded forest tracts that the government gives to poor farmers — has always courted controversy.A cautionary tale is the case involving Suthep Thaugsuban, a veteran politician and co-founder of the Action Coalition for Thailand (ACT), now one of the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter