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Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest on a list of endangered World Heritage sites because Thailand had not done enough to stop
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355:Khao Sadao
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281:Geography
206:limestone
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626:See also
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446:through
392:and the
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259:Thailand
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152:102°03′E
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561:Gallery
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418:malaria
404:History
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191:Geology
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