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Poor playgrounds
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/11/2023
» A sign of a thriving city is one that provides safe and accessible playgrounds for its children. While Bangkok is to be commended for its plans to implement over 100 pocket parks, the state of many existing playgrounds in our existing parks leaves much to be desired.
Iguana imports suspended as population surges
Online Reporters, Published on 16/11/2023
» Wildlife authorities plan to suspend the importation of iguanas in response to their surging population in the wild across various provinces.
Waiting to exhale
Business, Published on 13/11/2023
» During the dry season in recent years, people in many provinces, particularly those in the hilly North, have endured seasonal smog, spending more time indoors with an air purifier to avoid the air pollution.
National parks step up alcohol ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/11/2023
» Seven key national parks in the North are stepping up measures to ensure compliance among visitors with a ban on drinking alcohol, as the number of park visitors is expected to surge there during the cold season.
Southern cave closed after earthquake causes cracks
Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2023
» KRABI: The chief of Than Bok Khorani National Park has closed Phi Hua To cave indefinitely after park rangers found cracks in the rock following an earthquake centred in northern Sumatra early on Tuesday morning.
Activists say dam plans threatens forest
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/11/2023
» Conservationists have opposed a plan to build seven dams in Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri, saying the project will devastate 16,000 rai of land in the Dong Phaya Yen-Khao Yai forest area.
Somsak floats ministry idea
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/11/2023
» Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin wants to upgrade the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) and turn it into the Ministry of Water Resources.
Logs worth B33m found in abandoned warehouse
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/11/2023
» Officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation have found illegal logs of wood worth about 33 million baht in a warehouse in Phetchabun.
Rare tiger spotted in Yala forest
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/11/2023
» A Malayan tiger was recently spotted in Bang Lang National Park in Yala, according to the Facebook page of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Intel unit to help curb illegal wildlife trade
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/10/2023
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has set up an intelligence unit to help suppress the illegal trade in wildlife.