Thailand

Thailand’s landscape is a complex mosaic of agriculture and forests. Since the 1960s, the country has seen an overall decrease in forest cover from 53% to 31%. Population growth has increased demand for forest and agricultural products which has contributed to the country’s rising levels of deforestation and forest degradation. Continued deforestation is expected to adversely affect the livelihoods of a large number of forest-dependent people as well as Thailand’s environmental sustainability. 

Thailand

FCPF 2024 Annual Report

The 2024 FCPF annual report spotlights a banner year for total FCPF emission reductions payments, which more than tripled from $53.2 million in 2023 to $164.5 million in 2024.

68
Population
millions
511
Land Area
1,000 sq. km
395.2
GDP
$ billions
32.1
Forest Area
% land area
0.2
Deforestation
avg. annual %, 2000-2015
18.8
Terrestrial protected areas
% of total land area

ER Program Details

Country Focal Points

Lan Thi Thu Nguyen (World Bank)