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Loei's cable car project put on hold over environment concerns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/12/2023
» The Phu Kradueng cable car project has been put on hold due to concerns over its impact on the surrounding environment, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan.
Reservoirs need more study: DNP
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/07/2022
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) says it has no objection to allocating forest land on which to build new reservoirs if they are necessary, potentially including the Klong Wang Tanod project in Chanthaburi.
Ministry budget cuts 'need review'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2022
» The environmental conservation group Seub Nakhasathien Foundation is urging the government to review the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which was set at around half of the previous year’s amount.
Villagers slam EIA report on Yuam water project
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/09/2021
» A group of ethnic villagers who oppose a plan to divert water from the Yuam River to Bhumibol dam is planning to submit a protest letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Safari zone plan meets strong opposition
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2019
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) along with numerous environmental activists have expressed their opposition to a plan to turn 30,000 rai of forest adjacent to Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary into a safari zone.
Sanctuary tunnel project draws flak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2019
» A state water diversion project in Kanchanaburi's Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary -- a rich wildlife habitat in the western forest complex -- is drawing flak from conservationists.
Chiang Mai air pollution worst in the world
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/03/2019
» Forest fires have sent air quality in nine provinces to a level considered harmful to people's health, as cities in the North like Chiang Mai registered air quality that was among the world's worst.
Forest communities to receive 5.9m rai
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2018
» In the last month of the year, the government handed out many new gifts to citizens, including to poor forest dwellers.
Wildlife set to suffer from tourist road
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/10/2018
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation says it will meet soon with 14 organisations to discuss ways of resolving an impasse over a project to restore a road cutting through Thailand's largest national park.
Fears grow about Premchai sentence
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/04/2018
» Conservationists fear that a legal loophole might spare construction titan Premchai Karnasuta, one of the suspects in the notorious Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary poaching case, from having to serve a prison sentence.