Thailand: Reforestation program

This program was designed to encourage rural households to plant trees on their land. Farmers were granted subsidies of 3,000 baht per rai over 5 years to plant trees, and were allowed to harvest the trees after a certain period.

Date Implemented: 1994-1996

Status: Voluntary

Targets: The goal was to cover 800,000 hectares (5 million rai), but only about 320,000 hectares (2 million rai) of land actually were reforested under the program.

References: National Communication to the UNFCCC