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'Safari tours' to cut conflict with wildlife
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has unveiled plans to develop "safari tourism" on the edge of the world-heritage Huai Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary to reduce growing conflict there between humans and wildlife.
Pot fan hands out cannabis seeds to mark ‘420 Day’
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/04/2019
» Marijuana proponents yesterday handed out cannabis seeds to people who want to grow marijuana in their homes, at the Phan Buri Ram cannabis fair organised by former MP Newin Chidchob in Buri Ram province.
Pot enthusiasts celebrate first weed fair
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/04/2019
» The first-ever seminar and fair on cannabis in Thailand on Friday received positive feedback from cannabis lovers across the nation, sparking hope that it will be the economic plant of the future.
UN calls for economic help for Laos
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/02/2019
» As a transit country, Thailand should play a significant role in helping the neighbouring landlocked country of Laos improve their economic growth to achieve the goals of the 10-year-Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024, according to the programme's chief.
NGO goes into bat for farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/01/2019
» The name of Biothai, a non-governmental organisation, usually comes up when there are cases of foreign companies trying to patent traditional plants and their extracts.
Activists demand cheaper, public-focused power plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/01/2019
» An advocacy group is planning to ask the Energy Ministry to revise its Power Development Plan draft, which it says has failed to raise people's awareness on energy saving and may ultimately burden consumers with high electricity charges.
Rice Foundation calls for more R&D investment in the sector
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/12/2018
» Less investment in rice strain research and development from state-owned agencies is a major threat to a farming sector grappling with the "illusion" of poverty, according to Nipon Poapongsakorn, a distinguished fellow of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Fighting for our forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/12/2018
» Attapol Charoenchansa, the newly-appointed chief of the Royal Forest Department (RFD), says he will be making use of his 30 years of experience to expand the country's forested area and deal with those involved with deforestation.
For locals, community land deeds a life or death issue
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/11/2018
» Residents of Ban Pong village in Chiang Mai's Sansai district have won a community land title -- a new land allocation concept for landless villagers.
Finding ways to beat farm debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/11/2018
» The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising.