Forests and Water in Northern Thailand
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INTRODUCTION Everyone knows that forest is the source of water for all people who live on Thai soil. We do not have any other source of water in Thailand ... [the forest] provides for underground water storage, making the ground moist as a benefit for all people... The result of cutting forest is the destruction of the water source of the Thai people. (Royal Forest Department/Suan Pa Sirikit, 1998, my translation)
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