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Alert sounds over rise in malaria cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2024
» Tak province has become a hotspot for malaria infections, and serious action is being taken to prevent further outbreaks, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Ex-monk's sister in land trouble
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/03/2022
» The Forestry Department has lodged a complaint with police against an elder sister of ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong for encroaching on state land in Chaiyaphum.
Ex-monk land buy in forest reserve
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2022
» Over 200 rai of Sor Por Kor (agricultural land reform) plots in Chaiyaphum purchased by ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong were in reserved forest areas, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa said.
State arm to wean farms off payouts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/03/2021
» The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) is studying a plan to reduce state payments to farmers whose crops have been affected by natural disaster, replacing that help with a co-payment crop insurance scheme.
Forest invaders recast as saviours
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2018
» A couple of weeks ago, a government committee was busy working in Chiang Mai's Mae Chaem district to introduce what it hopes could be a breakthrough to the age-old problem of forest encroachment, which has robbed the country of its precious natural resources.
Minister urges caution over Chinese investment in rubber farms
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/01/2018
» China's plan to invest in rubber plantations in Thailand must be carefully considered, says Grisada Boonrach, minister to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, but such projects must not impact local farmers.
Govt to swoop in on rubber sneaks, illegal plantations
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2017
» The Department of Royal Forests will speed up operations to destroy rubber trees illegally planted inside protected forest zones to prevent the trees' owners from periodically sneaking in to harvest their milky latex, the key ingredient of rubber.
Single crops on mountains to be banned to curb floods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/01/2017
» The cultivation of single crops on mountains in the South will be banned to prevent flash floods, according to the Royal Forest Department.
Army probes monks in trespass case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2015
» A task force will inspect a monastery in Nakhon Ratchasima today after an investigation found it had encroached on more than 2,600 rai of forest.
Halt harmful state projects, says NHRC
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/08/2015
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the government to halt all projects which they say threaten to destroy locals' rights to protect their traditional community, health and environment.