 The first strategy in MNRE's strategic plan is to "protect forest areas".Forested areas in Thailand include conservation forests of 80.88 million rai (129,408 km2); national conservation forests of 53.80 million rai (86,080 km2); and mangrove areas of 1.534 million rai (2,454 km2).The first line of forest defense are the roughly 20,000 forest rangers from three departments of MNRE