Masakazu Kashio, regional forest resources officer at the Bangkok- based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, said the Thai reafforestation program has been unsuccessful so far. He said the campaign to plant trees on the more than 810,000 hectares was unrealistic, and hampered by a lack of funding for the department, which had forced it to seek private donations, and disputes over tree maintenance costs. The lack of high quality seeds and seedlings also plays an important factor. This issue is overlooked in this country. Most of the tree species bear seeds once a year.
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