Mr. Pruk Khunpanich, Director of the Thai Traditional Medicine Innovation Center TTMIC, together with Mr. Seksan Kuaypanik, Director of the Community Forestry Development Division, Community Forest Management Office, Royal Forest Department, and Mr. Prateep Ekachan, Director of Kanchanaburi Forestry Center, attended a meeting to develop community forests to generate income with representatives of the community forest network in Kanchanaburi Province (13 districts). The Thai Traditional Medicine Innovation Center TTMIC has developed an application to survey herbs in community forests to be used as a database for management and generating income for the community. The Royal Forest Department has been requested to support knowledge on tree seedling and tree seedling cultivation that uses Triphala herbal formulas, namely, Indian gooseberry, Terminalia chebula, and Terminalia bellirica. The community has also provided information on surveying local herbs, establishing community seedling nurseries, and planting plots for herbs in community forests to generate income.
