Flight of the Gibbon is searching for new sites in Mae Kampong for its 2016 tree planting initiative, following the successful tree planting event in 2015.

Deforestation has for decades been a big issue in Thailand. Vast swathes of forest were cut down in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with very little thought for the consequences. The area covered by trees actually increased in the five-year period from 2010 to 2015 as plantations increased, but there’s still much to be done in encouraging diversity and..

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