Land Development Act, .B.E. 2551 (A.D. 2008).

This Act provides for the land development and matters related. In this Act, “Land development” means any act done to the soil or land in order to increase the efficiency and quality of soil or land, or to increase agricultural productivity, and shall also mean improvement of soil or land, which is infertile either by natural cause or utilization, and the conservation of soil and water for maintaining balance of nature or suitability in utilization of land for agriculture.
The Board of Land Development, consisting of the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives as Chairperson, Permanent Secretary of Agriculture and Cooperatives as Vice-Chairperson, etc., shall be established. The powers and duties of the Board shall include: 1) to determine the classification of land and submit such classification to the Council of Ministers for approval; 2) to plan land utilization, land development and to specify the area for land utilization and the area for soil and water conservation; 3) to make an announcement on the area for land survey and the area for soil and water conservation; 4) to propose to the Council of Ministers for approving aid and remedy to land owners who suffer or sustain damage that may be occurred from the allocation of land utilization or the area of soil and water conservation; 5) to determine measures for the improvement of soil or land or measures for soil and water conservation; etc.
In order to survey the natural fertility of the land, suitability for utilization of land, and allocation of soil and water conservation area, the Board may arrange for the survey of the land and the survey to allocate soil and water conservation areas.