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'Efforts underway' to settle land dispute
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/03/2024
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow yesterday told the House of Representatives that efforts are underway to settle a land dispute between the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Unesco urges re-zoning of park
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 16/09/2023
» Unesco's World Heritage Committee has asked Thailand to follow the World Heritage Convention to re-section Thap Lan National Park to prevent its adjacent national park, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, from being listed as a World Heritage in Danger.
Govt redraw of forest borderlines on cards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2023
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said he had no objection to the possibility of new forest borderlines being drawn up at Thap Lan National Park in Prachin Buri's Nadi district if it is able to deal with issues of forest encroachment there.
Beauty in banality
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 17/11/2019
» The year 2014 was quite an exciting one for music. On the Top 40 front, we had a handful of inescapable earworms, like Pharrell Williams' Happy, Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX's Fancy and Taylor Swift's Shake It Off. Elsewhere, new talents like FKA twigs and Arca came out with their cutting-edge debut albums (LP1 and Xen, respectively). Standing among those high profile releases was Total Strife Forever, the debut record by English musician William Doyle, who at the time went by the moniker East India Youth.
Not what it seems
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 01/08/2019
» As you can see on the map, Klong Yai district is a narrow strip of land that extends from the main part of Trat province. Flanked by the Gulf of Thailand on one side and the mountains of western Cambodia on the other, it doesn't look like a place where much has happened.
Timeless treasures
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 11/04/2019
» Like every time I went to Si Sa Ket, I dropped by Khao Phra Wihan National Park again on my latest visit to the northeastern province. As always, the sunrise at Pha Mo E Daeng, the cliff that is one of the park's top attractions, was a refreshing sight. During the rest of the trip, however, I came to realise that Si Sa Ket has much more to offer than Khao Phra Wihan.
Common forest map 'clears confusion'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/10/2016
» A common map of forest land to be shared by all state agencies will not shrink the land of any agencies as feared, but will merely draw a clearer borderline for all, say authorities.
Enjoying the first rays of 2015
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 01/01/2015
» Located in the easternmost part of the Kingdom, Pha Chanadai in Ubon Ratchathani serves as Thailand's reference point for the official time of sunrise. Like Phuket's Phromthep Cape, which plays the same role for sunset, Pha Chanadai is a household name. But unlike its Western counterpart, not as many people have actually been to this famous cliff in Pha Taem National Park, which every morning sees the glorious rays of dawn before the rest of the country. Well, technically.
Dapong restarts B2bn map plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/10/2014
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dapong Ratanasuwan has ordered three agencies under his ministry to restart a two-billion baht project using satellite images and aerial photos to establish the forest borderline nationwide.
Forest heritage status under threat
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2014
» Thailand's Dong Phayayen-Khoyai Forest Complex is in danger of losing its World Heritage status because illegal logging is destroying the forest.