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Drop Pak Bara port plans
News, Published on 20/04/2015
» Government inertia can be a problem, though sometimes it is a good thing. It puts on hold projects with huge destructive potential. The government is trying to give new direction to many programmes and projects of the past. One of these is the plan to develop Satun province. An early and important part of this old and ongoing plan is to build an Andaman Sea deepwater port at Pak Bara, a small village in Satun's Langu district. At a time when the military regime is claiming credit for recovering parkland from law-breaking encroachers, it is actively planning massive encroachment on a wonderful national park.
Heritage status the best way to protect Andaman Sea
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2015
» The brouhaha over the decayed coral reefs at Koh Tachai — an island in Koh Similan Marine National Park with a once-spectacular dive site — which triggered concerns about heavy pollution on this tourist spot, has fizzled out.
Why a power plant is bad news for Krabi
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/02/2015
» Plans by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONREPP) to re-designate parts of coastal community areas in Krabi as an environmental protection zone may sound like a good news for local conservationists. But this is not necessarily so.
Martial law a nightmare for the have-nots
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/02/2015
» Reform was the buzzword during anti-Thaksin demonstrations that led to the May 22 coup. Reform was also the military junta's promise to the people after its power seizure. So what's happening now on the reform front nine months down the line?
Fossil fuel habit puts energy future at risk
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/02/2015
» The discovery of the first commercial natural gas field in the Gulf of Thailand in 1981 was hailed as a milestone that would propel Thailand to economic prosperity.
Tsunami taught us valuable lesson in preparedness
News, Published on 24/12/2014
» There is debate among language scholars on the two Chinese language characters for the word crisis; one represents danger and the other possibility or opportunity. This has led to the often quoted cliché that "in every crisis, there is opportunity" when in fact these two characters define a crisis: the opportunity or the possibility of danger.
Development forges on, but at what cost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/12/2014
» US President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his executive authority to impose an indefinite ban on oil and gas exploration in Alaska's picturesque Bristol Bay, home to beluga and killer whales and the endangered North Pacific right whale.
Rural poor can't ignore regime threat
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/11/2014
» The May 22 coup returned a semblance of normalcy to the country. What happened last week has shown how fragile that is.
Reforms must be geared toward growth
News, Published on 10/10/2014
» Before we talk about how to reform, we should answer two questions: First, do we need economic reform? Secondly, in which areas do we need reform?
Economic Reform: How will it be achieved?
Published on 09/10/2014
» Before we talk about how to reform, we should answer the two questions first,