Thailand

Total Population	67,726,000 in 2014
Rural Population	34,433,400 in 2014	51% of total population
Total country area	51,312,000 ha
Total land area (excluding water bodies)	51,089,000 ha
Total forest land	22,400,000 in 2013	44% total country area
Forest cover	16,365,664 ha in 2014	32% of land area
National reserve forests	595,812 ha	36% of forest land
Protected forests	10,381,000 ha	63% of forest land
Forest cover change	-1,322 ha (0.77%) per year from 2008-2014
Carbon stocks	863 mmt
Community managed forests (with CFM agreement)	9855 community forests covering 750,457 ha (August 2016)45
Community forestry policies and programmes	Community forest registration programme Food security programme Urban forestry programme Voluntary forest conservation programme
Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes	Thailand Climate Change Master Plan (2012–2050) National Strategy on Climate Change BE 2556-2560 (2013–2017) Royal Forest Department reforestation activities Various community-based mitigation and adaptation projects

Sources: Royal Forest Department forest statistics 2014; FAO 2015i.