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Pilot gas emissions sites picked
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2012
» Parks officials have selected two national parks and a wildlife sanctuary as possible locations for a greenhouse gas reduction pilot programme.
Hundreds of reptiles seized by customs
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/12/2012
» Customs officials intercepted more than 340 turtles and 65 snakes, geckos, and chameleons in two separate smuggling attempts at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday.
Bird watchers grumble as access to Khao Yai curbed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/11/2012
» Environmentalists and bird watchers have complained about "No Entry" signs along Khao Yai National Park's nature trails while park authorities insist they are to deter poachers, not nature lovers.
Rare water onion plants disappearing fast
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/10/2012
» Delays in declaring preservation zones for plubplung than (water onion plants) and dredging work on southern waterways, which are their natural habitats, is endangering the rare species, a conservation group warned yesterday.
PCD blitzes illegal toxic waste dumping
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/09/2012
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will launch a campaign against illegal dumping of chemical waste in five provinces where residents are under threat from hazardous garbage.
Dam project jeopardises tiger revival
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2012
» Thailand risks violating its commitment to protect and double its population of tigers by 2022 if the government builds a dam in the backyard of the country's second-largest community of the endangered felines.
Under 10% of dredging done in high flood-risk areas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2012
» The Water Resources Department has dredged less than 10% of rivers and canals in flood-risk areas.
PES scheme to be trialed in national parks
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/03/2012
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation plans to launch a trial Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme at five national parks and one wildlife sanctuary.