Application of Geo-informatics Data to Determine Suitable Areas for the Establishment of National Reserved Forest at Koh Larn, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri Province

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Radklao Au-ngern
Piyawat Diloksumpun
Weeraphart Khunrattanasiri

Abstract

The process of land use verification before declaring a National Reserved Forest has not been successful because of the frequent claiming of land rights. To solve this problem, we used aerial photographs to determine and interpret the past land use. Aerial interpretation included the use of overlapping techniques on 9 years of aerial photos, 1953, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2010, and 2013, to define the land suitability before establishment of the National Reserved Forest. Koh Larn, Chon Buri province was chosen as the study area as it still had a rich forest cover under the National Reserved Forest Act B.E.1941.


The total area analyzed in Koh Larn was 3,276.07 rai, with the evidence of land utilization tending to decrease from 1,265.27 rai in 1994 to 659.49 rai in 2013. After removing the area under legal possessory rights, the land suitable for the declaration of a National Reserved Forest was categorized into 3 classes: 1) Unconditionally announced area of 1,146.93 rai which did not have evidence of a continuous human activity; 2) Authentication required area of 994.68 rai which had evidence of past human activity, and 3) Unsuitable area of 66.25 rai which has experienced continuous human activity over the period of analysis. The findings could help minimize the problems related to land rights claims after the declaration of such land use.

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Au-ngern, R., Diloksumpun, P., & Khunrattanasiri, W. (2021). Application of Geo-informatics Data to Determine Suitable Areas for the Establishment of National Reserved Forest at Koh Larn, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 40(2), 1–16. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/250677
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