Showing 71 - 80 of 162
Netizens call for salty croc's release
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/09/2017
» More than 12,000 netizens have called for the release of a "depressed" saltwater crocodile which was caught offshore in Phuket last week after the beast developed a loss of appetite.
Illegal farm suspected in case of 'fugitive' croc
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/09/2017
» Registered crocodile farms in Phuket were inspected by the Department of Fisheries yesterday in a bid to find out where a 3-metre saltwater crocodile that was spotted running wild in the area before it was caught last week came from.
Better options urged for Mae Wong dam
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/09/2017
» The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Planning (Onep) says it has advised the Department of Royal Irrigation to study alternatives before making a decision on building the Mae Wong dam in Nakhon Sawan's Lat Yao district.
Protesters up for Mae Wong fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/09/2017
» Anti-Mae Wong dam protesters will today converge on the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) to object to its decision to examine the project's health and environment impact assessment (EHIA) study.
Calls for single agency to run nation's waterways win backing
News, Published on 22/07/2017
» Water and environmental experts have voiced their support for the idea of establishing an independent central agency to administer Thailand's canals and rivers, with the caveat that opinions by stakeholders and the public must be taken into account first.
Sasin vows to keep on fighting for forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/07/2017
» Activist Sasin Chalermlarp will continue to oppose dam projects in the heart of Thailand's national parks despite being named one of 11 members of the National Parks Committee last week, a government post, he told the Bangkok Post in an exclusive interview on Saturday .
Farmers to be moved from bald mountains
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/07/2017
» Farmers on maize plantations in watershed areas in Nan province are set to be relocated from the protected forest zone. The move is part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's forest rehabilitation scheme for khao hua lone or bald mountains.
Keeping Bangkok above water
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/06/2017
» Huge drainage tunnels are not enough to cope with flooding in Bangkok, say two environmental activist. A realistic look at the cause of flood is needed.
Finding its level
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/06/2017
» After two heavy downpours over the past couple of weeks, citizens have come to realise that Bangkok, even with seven drainage tunnels, is still vulnerable to flooding.
Who gets to lease the East?
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/05/2017
» When Gunn Tattiyakul, a villager from the Bang Khla district of Chachoengasao, learned that his province was chosen as a development site for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), an ambitious government project, he couldn't help but worry.