ThailandisamemberoftheGreaterMekongSubregion(GMS)EconomicCooperation
Program.OnemajorinitiativeofGMSistoconnecteconomiccorridorsbasedonexistingand
potentialhighwayrouteslinkingthecountriesinGMSforregionaldevelopment.However,this
planwillfragmentanddamagecriticalecosystemsandimportantareasofbiodiversitywhich
wouldweakenthelongtermenvironmentalsecurityandthesocioeconomicdevelopmentof
theGMS.
TheTenasserimWEFCOMlandscape(TWFC)isoneoftheninehighpriorityGMSb