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Indigenous people hold climate key
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/10/2019
» Tackle the climate crisis. Support indigenous rights. When religious and spiritual leaders from all major traditions begin to make these demands, we should listen. Not out of respect. But for our own survival.
Forest peoples key to climate solutions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/08/2019
» With Greenland's ice sheet now melting at a rate of up to 4.4 million swimming pools per day, Bangkok could be submerged under water much sooner than we had thought.
As poor are evicted, the rich get an island
Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/08/2017
» What do you get from fighting for land rights in Thailand? You cannot ask Den Khamlae, 65, a prominent grassroots land rights activist. He mysteriously disappeared in a forest reserve near his rickety home in Chaiyaphum last year.
Minnows cop it hard as big fish prosper
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/08/2015
» No, it was not a mistake. It was a farce. And for a country long burdened by a corruption-plagued police force, it is definitely a tragedy.
Forest agency rhetoric hurts the landless
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/09/2014
» Because of the pouring rain it was difficult to say whether there were tears on the faces of the forest "encroachers" in Krabi's Plaipraya district as they faced a crackdown by about 800 armed personnel on Monday.
Cracking the religious wall of prejudice
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/06/2014
» How would you feel if you were invited to speak at an international conference, flew thousands of miles to be there, and were told at the very last minute before the opening ceremony that your talk had been banned?
Stripping away our sense of self
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/02/2014
» What do you do when you feel that something you cherish so highly that it has become part of your identity has been vilified?
Nets and their ruthless grasp
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/03/2013
» Last month, environmentalist Banjong Nasae created a Facebook petition asking billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont and his agro-giant CP to stop buying "trash fish" caught by environmentally destructive trawlers to make animal feed. It attracted more than 30,000 "Likes" and 4,000 "Shares" in a few weeks.
Parents can't shield good kids from all the bad
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/07/2012
» How did you feel when you read in the paper yesterday about the death of a university student who cut short her life because she was unhappy with how her cosmetic surgery turned out?