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  • OPINION

    Precious forests

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/09/2021

    » Re: "NEB backs EIA on river diversion" (BP, Sept 16).

  • OPINION

    Move quickly to seize forests back from rubber planters

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/04/2015

    » With the blessing of the National Council for Peace and Order, the Royal Forest Department intends over the next two years to seize back one million rai of former forest that has been encroached on, cleared and planted in rubber.

  • OPINION

    Hands off our parks!

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/02/2024

    » The latest attempt by the government to carve out 260,000 rai of Sor Por Kor land plots out of Thap Lan National Park has sparked concerns about the potential misuse of national resources to fulfil the administration's populist promise to hand out land to local villagers.

  • OPINION

    Chokepoints could cripple trade

    News, Published on 16/01/2024

    » When traffic through the Suez Canal ground to a halt in 2021, the extraordinary cost and disruptions to global commerce seemed overwhelming. But 8,000 kilometres from the canals of Suez and Panama lie even more important shipping lanes, chokepoints that could cripple global trade should any disaster befall them.

  • OPINION

    Righting land deed wrongs

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2023

    » A court saga over land ownership involving Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Progressive Movement, suggests managing state land can be a messy business.

  • OPINION

    A minor concern

    Published on 13/11/2023

    » Re: "Loy krathong challenges", (Editorial, Nov 9).

  • OPINION

    Apply law of the land to all

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2019

    » The poor had it before. They were accused of encroaching on protected forests or national parks. Thirteen landless forest dwellers were convicted of forest encroachment by the Appeal Court this year and sentenced to imprisonment. Now, an MP from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Pareena Kraikupt is facing an accusation of committing a similar offence. Given the influence of the PPRP, all eyes are now on law enforcement officers over whether there will be "double standards" in their handling of the case.

  • OPINION

    Sad tale of a sycamore and a chainsaw

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/10/2023

    » Every now and again there is a news story that leaves you scratching your head prompting the question "What were they thinking?" That was my reaction on reading of the destruction by vandals of an iconic sycamore tree in the northern England county of Northumberland.

  • OPINION

    Breaking the cycle of land inequality

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2023

    » Thailand's land ownership disparity is one of the worst in the world. As such, land reform should be a crucial campaign policy for the upcoming general election. Unfortunately, it is not.

  • OPINION

    Think of the people

    News, Published on 10/04/2023

    » Re: "Pheu Thai talks up its B10k cash giveaway," (BP, April 8) & "Cash handouts spark concern," (BP, April 7).

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