Forest parks (Thai: วนอุทยาน, RTGS: wanutthayan) in Thailand are protected areas set aside for conservation and protection from development owing to their natural scenic value that are too small to be declared national parks.
[1] The forest parks are managed by the fourteen protected areas regional offices and two branches.
[2] Thailand's forest parks fall under IUCN Category V, Protected Landscape.
There are a total of some 117 Forest Parks in Thailand, 91 are published in the Government Gazette, covering a combined land surface of 1,751 square kilometres (676 sq mi), which is about a 0.34% of the total area of the country.
Since the first protected area was established in Thailand, their capacity to achieve their purpose has been under multiple challenges.