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Drought, fishing scandals and winding roads
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/12/2015
» In the past year, environmental disasters once again proved how much of an impact they have on everyone's lives: the air we breathe (the haze in the South, blown over from Indonesia); the water we use (the contentious Chao Phraya roads); the lights we see (the coal-fired power plants); the ground beneath our feet (the gold mining scandals); the food we eat (the fishery disputes). In all of this, local communities and the rural poor feel the heat and the fire more than Bangkok's urbanites and they're the people who keep showing public resistance against environmental problems and the depletion of natural resources, despite the grip of military rule.
Choking air, melting glaciers: how global warming is changing India
AFP, Published on 17/11/2015
» NEW DELHI - Its Himalayan glaciers are melting fast, its agricultural heartland is drying up and its capital is choking on the world's filthiest air.
PNG drought could be worst in decades: PM
AFP, Published on 24/08/2015
» SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea's government said Monday it had sent food and water to drought and frost-hit regions, as it warned a current dry spell could be the worst in decades.
Water crisis far from over
News, Editorial, Published on 23/07/2015
» Mother Nature has finally responded to our pleas by bringing us much-needed rain. For the past several days, there have been showers in many parts of the country, bringing to life the parched farmland and giving hope to many farmers who have been praying for rainfall to save their dying rice crops. It is a blessing for the farmers, who were relegated to secondary importance by policy-makers who denied them access to water to irrigate their crops.
Riverside collapse warning as Chao Phraya dries out
Published on 06/07/2015
» Riverfront roads nationwide are to be inspected for the risk of subsidence aggravated by the drought after some recently collapsed.
The prisoners with no hope of freedom
Spectrum, Published on 07/12/2014
» A bride, dressed in bright red, is surrounded by well-wishers presenting her with gifts. Outside, guests are treated to a meal of rice and curries while loud music blasts from generator-powered speakers. The couple are both Rohingya Muslims, displaced by the communal violence of 2012. She is from Sittwe, he from southern Rakhine state.
State ramps up partner talks
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/11/2014
» The government is flexing its muscles to spur exports in the remaining weeks of 2014, with plans to beef up trade talks starting later this month.
What's new in business news: October 14, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/11/2014
» Rice scheme cost 682 billion baht in 10 years with 76% from Yingluck, taxi fares going down in Vietnam but up in Thailand & water-saving rice irrigation in Vietnam.
Surin farmers guard rice against theft
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 28/10/2014
» Rice farmers in Surin province are taking turns to guard their harvested grain around the clock against thieves targeting their high-value fragrant Hom Mali rice.
Eating less rice benefits farmers, the environment
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 01/10/2014
» Growing up in a typical rice-farming family — my mother was also a rice noodle vendor during the dry season — I am accustomed to eating rice or rice noodles three times a day and have a lot of empathy for rice farmers whenever rice prices are low. But instead of eating more rice and rice noodles to help increase demand — and hopefully the price — I now eat far less rice and almost no rice noodles. I believe this not only helps rice farmers, but also reduce my environmental footprint. It will also make me relatively healthier.