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Thailand Natural History Resource GuideBirding Tours | Parks & Reserves | Lodges | Wildlife | Conservation & Travel | Books | Bird Reports Tourism Warning: Northern Thailand is not a suitable tourist destination during mid-February to April due to the annual forest fires deliberately set by rural people in the national parks and elsewhere. Even though the reach of government is everywhere through the top-heavy administration of every province, law enforcement is virtually non-existent.
Birding Tour OperatorsAll Thailand Experiences - Birding at Doi Inthanon National Park with Mr. Dang of the Doi Inthanon Birdwatching Center Birding Worldwide [Thailand itinerary] Earthfoot: Birding with Tony Ball Footprint Adventures - Thailand Itineraries In Depth Adventures - Phuket region KingBird Tours [Thailand itinerary by Phil Round] Nature Trails - Thailand itineraries by Kamol Komolphalin Paddle Asia - [Itinerary for Khao Soke National Park, near Phuket] South Nature Travel - Phuket Victor Emanuel Nature Tours [Thailand itinerary] [Tour report] National Parks & Wildlife Reserves"Improvement" of Doi Suthep-Doi Pui National Park - Big construction project in this poorly protected and severely degraded park by the Royal Fore$t Department. Doi Suthep-Doi Pui National Park Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary Ecolodges & Other Accommodations of Potential Interest to BirdersAngkhang Nature Resort - Doi Ang Khang Art's Riverside Lodge - Khao Soke National Park Country Home Resort - Chiang Dao Haadyao Nature Resort (near Trang) & Libong Nature Beach Resort (Ligong Island) Jungle Lodge at Khao Soke National Park Maekok River Lodge - Rare birds of Ban Thaton by Tony Ball Malee's Nature Lovers Bungalows - Doi Chiang Dao Paradise Guesthouse, Chiang Mai Rayavadee Premiere Resort, Krabi Rim Doi Resort - Doi Chiang Dao River Kwai Village Hotel, Kanchanaburi Similana Resort - Khao Lak Mammals, Herps, Butterflies, and Other Fauna & FloraAmphibiaWeb - Includes pages on many species of Thailand amphibians, e.g., Rana hosii. Here is a clickable list of the 101 known species occurring in Thailand. Asian Aquatic Snakes - Field Museum Birdwing Butterflies of the World Butterflies in Indo-China - chiefly from Thailand, Laos and Vietnam Camera-trapping reveals the status of Malayan Tapirs in southern Thailand rainforest remnants Cat News - Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, on 5Tigers.com Cat Specialist Group Species Accounts for Tropical Asia Conservation of Old World Fruit Bats Illustrated Checklist of Butterflies in Thailand Malaysia Elephant Satellite Tracking Project - including Elephant reintroduction project in Thailand WorldTwitch Thailand Bird Reports Vespine Wasps in Thailand - by Sirinee Poonchaisri Conservation, Environment, TravelAsian Conservation Awareness Program Backpackers murdered by Thai police officer in row at restaurant. The Independent, 10 September 2004. "There have been several murders of foreign tourists in Thailand including that of 23-year-old Kirsty Jones from Brecon, south Wales, who was murdered in a guesthouse in Chiang Mai in August 2000. Last month, a Scottish backpacker Mark Lemetti, 24, was beaten to death in southern Thailand. Violent crime rarely affects visitors to Kanchanaburi, but last year a French tourist was shot by a robber on a motorbike while walking to his guesthouse with friends." Bird Conservation Society of Thailand Budget Rent-a-Car Thailand driving itineraries [Southern Thailand] Continuing coverup of 1989 murder of Canadian Joe Gaal at Ocean View Hotel, Pattaya Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifies Thailand's chief logging agency. WRM Bulletin 48 (July 2001). FSC certification, done with a goal of maximizing the supply of certified wood and without taking into account the needs of participants in forest ecosystems such as birds, gives a cover to the crooks at Thailand's Forest Industry Organisation (FIO). See "Is certification the solution?" WRM Bulletin 53 (December 2001). Global Birding Pal Club - members in Thailand Global Perspectives - Thailand Maps Krabi Map (another) Lanna Bird and Nature Conservation Club MekongInfo - Environmental portal for Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam & Thailand, with a variety of hosted websites and lots of information, mostly on forest management Thailand's Tiger Economy: Trading Tigers into Extinction (Environmental Investigation Agency) |
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