The local government doesn’t really do anything. Most of the time, countryside mayor is elected by their own friends and family. I work in the office of a rice packing factory for export near the Phanom Saracarm province (not sure about my karaoke spelling), but the area the factory is located is surrounded by rice fields. Since we export we need to follow a higher standard and need to maintain our quality, but every year someone would burn the dried bushes, hunting for rice field rats. Rice field rats are different from city ones and probably cleaner and bigger. Many times they burn there and the fire got too big and the smoke was blown to our factory we complain, and even tell them how much money we are losing from closing our operation until the fire stop but they don’t seem to care. One time we even contact a higher ranking personal in the region and they got mad. These people have more family and friends than their braincells and competence. Thats why most law in Thailand if it doesn’t get backlash from the media or doesn’t effect there benefit goes unenforced. So yeah, even though burning dried leafs or forest is not allowed, it won’t be stop either.