Rapidly
expanding property development, land prices skyrocket in the capital of
an invitation to the pants in the Phra Bang Krachao Samuti Pradaeng
district area - a large expanse of lush dubbed "lungs of Bangkok" - a
view of the deterioration of its pristine environment, its green spaces
as large quantities are lost, housing estates and plantations of fruit per year.
Residents
are paid well to sell their land to developers, has an area of 100
rai Rai rate 11.819, Chao Phraya river bank west of Bangkok is on every
year, and many others on their land, however, into the orange
plantations, which require chemical fertilizers and insecticides a large number of long-term ecological asked key concern.
Its
lush greenery, along the river to the extent of 2 degrees Celsius
cooler than average performance in the capital area and the Kasetsart
University, according to a study, according to a recent seminar. During
the hot season, parks and residential areas in the capital as the
difference between the temperature of 4 degrees may be large, and a very
significant rise in global temperature in the middle of the current,
said Jongrak Watcharinrat, KU professor in the Faculty of Forestry. Jongrak spoke at the seminar, titled, "Research and Development of Sustainable green Krachao Bang"
Krachao
Bang's strange landscape by the river, the Chao Phraya around a bend,
residents are not highly sought after, sold land to real estate
developers, who built two housing estates and high-rise condominium
buildings, land prices pushing to Bt10 million per rai and up.
Panalee
Mangkornsaksit, approved in 1991 to set up a so-called "middle of the
garden city" is a project of the government's handling Bang Krachao
area, a forest official, said residents are similar to cork cutting
trees and plants, and this continued to the river, and the way the
orange plantations and, at the same time, the process of cutting edge developers to encroach.
"These
plants together to firmly hold the land across the river, to its roots
in the spiders' webs are connected to each other like. Delete the muddy
river soon cracked land and houses and condos that will be water,
standing up," he said.
"Plantations
orange used in chemistry, no doubt, drain into the river, and
contaminate a series of measures, which will also be a huge ecological
concern," said Panalee.
Panalee
1,276-rai said the government "city" garden project, and in 1977 began,
but only accepted 14 years later, is still being developed, but those
who live in co-operation since the worsening of the property boom. The
project is now trying to take care of the greenery in the area of
Bang Krachao, but his plan was to acquire an estimated 9,000
assemblies, high land prices, and the residents are willing to sell
their land to developers wellpaying hamper.
Royal
Forest Department directorgeneral Bunchob Sutthamanaswong, HRH Princess
Maha Chakra Sirindhorn by referring to a suggestion, said outside the
project area to take care of the residents of the government effort to
maintain green spaces and plant more suitable environment to grow.
Princess,
by Bunchob quoted, suggested that no more large buildings - and the
administration - Bang Krachao be built, and the need to support large
trees. A
similar project manager, Bart Lambregts, said that the seminar Krachao
Bang "lungs of Bangkok" should be like, like Central Park, "New York's
lung" as a value.
