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Water diversion project under fire
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/04/2013
» Activists have voiced their opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's plan to divert water from the Salween and Mekong rivers to feed the water-starved Northeast. The proposed projects are not the right solution to the drought problem in the region, they said.
PCD begins Klity lead clean-up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/03/2013
» KANCHANABURI: The Pollution Control Department (PCD) began removing lead-contaminated sediment from Klity village Friday, but says it only has the budget to complete half the task.
RFD urges fast cash for plantations
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/03/2013
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) has called on the Office of National Water and Flood Management Policy (ONWFMP) to speed up allocating 667 million baht for the department's forest plantation project this year.
Govt draws the line on shark, manta ray listing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/03/2013
» The Department of Fisheries is unhappy with a proposal by the United States and South American nations to put sharks and manta rays on Cites's protection list to control international trade of the fish species.
US pledges more money to tackle illegal wildlife trade
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/03/2013
» The United States has pledged more financial support to help tackle the illegal trade of wildlife and plants in Asean.
Mahidol offers a study in green
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2013
» Dubbed the country's greenest campus, Mahidol University (MU) could easily serve as a model for nature-challenged Bangkok.
Courts back locals in green fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2013
» Residents fighting for their rights to live in a clean environment and to participate in natural resource management have won two historic court cases in the past eight days.
Dept says pollution, rubbish woes worsen
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/01/2013
» The quality of water is deteriorating, the amount of accumulated garbage increasing and air pollution worsening, the Department of Pollution Control says.
Ruling sought on forest row
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/01/2013
» The Council of State will be asked to rule on a land ownership dispute between Thap Lan National Park and the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro).
Lead contamination victims win historic B4m payout
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/01/2013
» The Supreme Administrative Court Thursday ordered the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to pay nearly 4 million baht in compensation to 22 Karen villagers over lead contamination at Klity Creek.