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Mekong activist wins US award
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/10/2023
» Mekong River defender Niwat Roykaew is the first Thai to receive the Leader on the Frontlines Award from the Asia Foundation, a nonprofit international development organisation based in San Francisco.
Monastery accused of land encroachment
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2022
» The Royal Thai Police have ordered the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) to expedite an investigation into an allegation of state land being occupied by a monastery of Wat Tha Mai in Ratchaburi province.
Displaced villagers vow to return home
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2022
» Civil society groups yesterday vowed to defend their land rights from state agencies attempting to evict them from their homes and deprive them of access to their livelihoods.
Plastic waste imports are 'unwanted'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2021
» More than 100 environmental groups have called on the government to prohibit the import of plastic waste and instead encourage the use of domestic plastic waste for recycling as a way to safeguard the environment and promote the circular economy.
Team probes forest land in Ratchaburi
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2020
» Officials from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division (NRECD) on Thursday inspected close to 400 rai of forest land in Ratchaburi province which has allegedly been encroached on by Thawee Kraikupt, a former deputy transport minister and father of Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt.
Mekong activists present case against Laos dam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2020
» Environmental activists have submitted more evidence to the Supreme Administrative Court that the Xayaburi dam is cutting Mekong River levels, threatening fish ecology and reducing catch sizes downstream in Thailand.
Economy, equality and climate top 2020 wish list
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/01/2020
» With 2020 upon us, boosting the grassroots economy, a depreciation of the baht and a clear vision for the country's digital economy are on many businesses' wish lists this year.
Activist eyes legal action over Chatuchak tree felling
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2018
» Political activist Srisuwan Janya, also president of an environmental movement group called the Stop Global Warming Association, has said he will lodge a petition Tuesday with the Central Administrative Court against City Hall over its felling of a large tree in Chatuchak district on Saturday.
Doi Suthep activists vow protest
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/06/2018
» An activist network in Chiang Mai called on judicial members to move out of the controversial housing estate at the foot of Doi Suthep within 10 days if they want to avoid a big protest.
Protesters ready for 'war' over Doi Suthep
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/04/2018
» CHIANG MAI: A civic network will this Sunday intensify its protest against the state housing project at the foot of Doi Suthep in an attempt to prompt Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to make the "right" decision and return the area to nature.