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The MFLF was originally founded in 1972 as the Thai Hill Crafts Foundation under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra. It was renamed the MFLF in 1985. The Doi Tung Development Project covers 29 villages in an area of 93,515 rai (14,962 hectares). It began in 1988 under the auspices of the

This integrated form of area-based development and reforestation was a joint effort between the MFLF and the Royal Initiative Discovery Foundation (RIDF).

The Pollution Control Department recently issued warnings about the air quality in inner Bangkok which has high levels of particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less in diameter (PM 2.5).