PM's policy: Community Forests & Carbon Credits to boost public income

Khaosod•Society•8d ago

Reader Briefing

Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, is advancing a policy to promote community forests and carbon credits as a means to generate sustainable income and enhance the quality of life for citizens.

•Minister Suchart Chomklin has ordered the Department of Foresty to accelerate the prime minister's policy on community forests and carbon credits.
•The initiative aims to develop grassroots economies by encouraging sustainable use of forest resources and access to carbon credit markets.
•The Department of Forestry plans to increase the number of community forests and ensure fair benefit sharing for communities from carbon credits.

Overview

•On May 5, 2026, Minister Suchart Chomklin issued directives to the Department of Forestry.
•Minister Suchart Chomklin stated the policy aims to drive natural resource management alongside grassroots economic development, focusing on community forests and carbon credits.
•The Department of Forestry is instructed to concretely promote community forests and push carbon credits to communities.
•The Department of Forestry has already established over 12,000 community forests nationwide.
•Promoting community forests and carbon credits is intended to create income and stability for the public.
•The Department of Forestry will focus on increasing community forest establishments and ensuring communities can access the carbon credit market.
•The policy is a key mechanism to strengthen communities and align with the government's goal of elevating citizens' quality of life and transitioning to a low-carbon society.
•This policy is part of the government's broader strategy to improve public quality of life and achieve sustainable development towards a low-carbon society.

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Key Quotes

Suchart Chomklin

"Focus on driving natural resource management alongside grassroots economic development, emphasizing the promotion of 'community forests' and concretely pushing carbon credits to communities to create long-term income and stability for the people."

มุ่งขับเคลื่อนการบริหารจัดการทรัพยากรธรรมชาติควบคู่การพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจฐานราก โดยเน้นการส่งเสริม “ป่าชุมชน” และการผลักดันคาร์บอนเครดิตสู่ชุมชนอย่างเป็นรูปธรรม เพื่อสร้างรายได้และความมั่นคงให้กับประชาชนในระยะยาว

Nigorn Sirirojananon

"Emphasize increasing the promotion and establishment of community forests...creating opportunities for the public to appropriately and sustainably utilize forest resources, alongside supporting communities to register carbon credits and access the carbon credit trading market."

ให้ความสำคัญกับการส่งเสริมการจัดตั้งป่าชุมชนเพิ่มขึ้น...เปิดโอกาสให้ประชาชนสามารถใช้ประโยชน์จากทรัพยากรป่าไม้อย่างเหมาะสมและยั่งยืน ควบคู่กับการสนับสนุนให้ชุมชนสามารถขึ้นทะเบียนคาร์บอนเครดิต และเข้าถึงตลาดการซื้อขายคาร์บอนเครดิตได้จริง

Key Entities

Person

Suchart(สุชาติ)

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment who issued directives to promote community forests and carbon credits.

Prime Minister(นายกรัฐมนตรี)

The leader whose policy on community forests and carbon credits is being implemented.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment(รมว.ทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม)

The ministerial title held by Suchart Chomklin.

Nigorn Sirirojananon(นายนิกร ศิรโรจนานนท์)

Director-General of the Department of Forestry, who outlined policy directions.

Organization

Department of Forestry(กรมป่าไม้)

The government agency tasked with implementing the community forest and carbon credit promotion policies.

Policy

Community Forests(ป่าชุมชน)

A policy initiative promoted to foster sustainable resource management and public benefit.

Carbon Credits(คาร์บอนเครดิต)

A financial instrument being pushed to communities to generate income and contribute to a low-carbon society.