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Govt needs to face reality over forest preservation
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/10/2015
» Mention “Bang Kajao”, a green area next to Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng District, and what springs to mind? Some may think of an area that is the “lung” for Bangkok or a popular bicycle route that brings cyclists to a traditional orchard landscape.
Gorilla in the urban mist
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/10/2014
» Bua Noi placidly chews fruits and sucks milk from a UHT carton given to her by a zookeeper. The 28-year-old ape — the only gorilla in Thailand — shoots a glance at visitors and bares her teeth, stands up as a way of greeting and pounds her chest. Her eyes are strikingly similar to a human's, yet they are still difficult to decipher. Does the gesture show her happiness or it is simply an act of repeated showmanship, one which she has been trained to display for over two decades? Does the primate ever dream of Africa, the original habitat of her species?
The tipping point
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/10/2013
» It is just small news, just another report of deaths. Two forest rangers were killed earlier this month by illegal poachers in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, in the country's rich Western Forest Complex.
A walk to remember
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 24/09/2013
» Thirteen days _ 388km. The anti-dam protest march by conservationist Sasin Chalermlarp ended on Sunday in Bangkok to rousing cheers as his long walk has stirred up a debate on the government's plan to build the Mae Wong Dam, one of the 21 dams planned under the 350 billion baht flood management project.
Thousands lend support to anti-dam march
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/09/2013
» Thousands of conservationists yesterday turned out in Bangkok as a conservation group ended a 10-day protest march against the Mae Wong dam in Nakhon Sawan.