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Chemicals linger off Koh Samet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2013
» The level of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), a component found in crude oil, has sharply decreased at Koh Samet's Ao Phrao but still exceeds safety standards, the Department of Pollution Control says.
Demolition work begins on resorts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/08/2013
» RAYONG : The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) yesterday began the demolition of three illegal resorts on Koh Samet.
RID plays down major flood fears
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/07/2013
» Irrigation officials have played down fears of heavy flooding this year following flash floods in Trat, Chanthaburi and Nakhon Ratchasima this week.
PCD looks to experts for Klity clean-up advice
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/07/2013
» The Pollution Control Department will hire a team of experts to devise measures to remove lead contamination at Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi following a Supreme Administrative Court order.
Food security 'hit severely by pledging'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2013
» The government's rice-pledging scheme has had a severe negative impact on national food security, an academic says.
Private firms set to pick up watershed reforestation work
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2013
» The Office of the National Water and Flood Management Policy (NWFMP) looks set to exclude the Forestry Department from its reforestation plans under the 350-billion-baht flood prevention scheme, a department source said yesterday.
10,000 doors that won't open
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2013
» The Royal Forest Department will seek a cabinet decision on what to do with about 10,000 doors left unattended at the department because they couldn't be distributed to victims of the 2011 flood in time.
High demand for 'phayung' threatens protected forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/05/2013
» Authorities are doing their best to combat the illegal logging of phayung trees in the Khao Yai-Dong Phayayen Forest Complex, but high demand for the wood has made it impossible to stamp out the activity, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said yesterday.
DWR unveils strategy to ease droughts in Northeast
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/04/2013
» The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to launch 19 water management pilot projects to solve water shortages in the Northeast.
Unmanned plane to help in jumbo hunt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/04/2013
» Officials will install 20 cameras and use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to locate a pachyderm which officials believe might be a baby white elephant.