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Veteran bureaucrat ready to lead Commerce Ministry
Published on 02/07/2025
» Jatuporn Buruspat, a former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, has resigned from his civil service post to assume the position of minister of commerce in the Pheu Thai-led government.
National policy committee meets to discuss dead dugong
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/11/2024
» The National Policy and Planning Committee on Marine and Coastal Resources Management met on Monday to discuss the dugong crisis after an alarming increase in the dugong death rate over the past month.
Fishermen sue CPF over blackchin tilapia invasion
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2024
» Local fishermen in Samut Songkhram filed a lawsuit with Bangkok South Civil Court against Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), seeking over 2.4 billion baht in compensation for the damage caused by the unchecked spread of blackchin tilapia in the province.
State agencies seek shore erosion fix
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/07/2020
» Environment experts surveying shoreline erosion near the Mrigadayavan Palace in Phetchaburi have attributed the problem to the construction of shoreline stabilisation structures built in the area years ago.
Seawall projects set to face stricter environmental checks to battle erosion
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 24/05/2020
» The National Marine and Coastal Resource Management Committee has approved a policy that requires developers of seawall projects to follow stricter environmental guidelines to get development permission.
Fingers off whale sharks, biologist says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/04/2018
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) needs to draw up and implement rules to prevent people from disturbing whale sharks sighted in the sea of Chumphon, a marine biologist says.
Govt outlines EEC environmental goals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2018
» Environmental problems along the Eastern Seaboard could worsen after the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) -- the government's pet industrial development project -- comes online, according to Environment Minister Gen Surasak Kanjanarat.
Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.