On March 16-19, 2009, eight justices of the Supreme Court of Thailand visited the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales to launch a twinning partnership between the courts

share regional experience on policies and procedures for adjudicating environmental cases, strengthen the ability of Thai senior justices to award appropriate remedies related to natural resource damages, and identify strategies for establishing a specialized environmental court in Thailand.   The Chief Judge of Land and Environment Court will visit the Supreme Court of Thailand in June 2009 to animate a follow-up roundtable discussion with the Supreme Court justices and conduct a capacity building workshop with judges of Thai Court of Appeals and Trial Courts.  The court partnership is facilitated by the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network twinning program.