His Majesty also decided to introduce a demonstration forest at Chitralada Villa to study tree species after observing a large number of dipterocarp trees being felled for timber during the course of avisit to Klai Kangwol Palace on the Gulf of Thailand.Aware of the need to preserve these giant trees because of their ecological importance to rainforests,the King planted dipterocarp seeds at Klai KangwolPalace and later had the saplings transferred to Chitralada Villa. Other tree species from differentparts of the country were planted along with the original saplings.When Thailand celebrates HM the King’s eighty-fourth birthday anniversary in 2011 this demonstration forest of over one thousand saplings will mark fiftyyears as a thriving forest with its own localisedclimate that induces rainfall over Chitralada Villa.