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Royal beneficence in Nong Ung
News, Published on 16/07/2024
» Twenty-four years ago, thousands of local villagers living in the seasonally flooded lower part of tambon Kho Nua in Muang district of Yasothon province learned that their lives would change for the better after His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, then the Crown Prince, visited them in the year 2000.
Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/04/2022
» The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted by a criminal court of the allegation.
Encroachment complaints filed against Pareena
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2020
» The Royal Forest Department has taken legal action against Pareena Kraikupt, a Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province for encroaching reserved forest land.
Pareena saga a test of land reform resolve
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/11/2019
» When Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow defended Pareena Kraikupt -- a Palang Pracharath Party member and MP for Ratchaburi who is being grilled in a high-profile land scandal -- by suggesting that she may escape forest encroachment charges because her family "had lived on the disputed plots prior to the enactment of land reforms", I could sense his triumph, as well as relief.
Encroacher sentenced to 10-year stint
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/09/2019
» The Criminal Court has handed down a 10-year sentence to the prime suspect in a case involving encroachment on 93 rai of land in Sirinat Marine National Park in Phuket province.
Royal beneficence in Nong Ung
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/07/2018
» Eighteen years ago, thousands of local villagers living in the seasonally flooded lower part of tambon Kho Nua in Muang district, Yasothon, learned that their lives would change for the better after His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, then the crown prince, visited them. His royal initiatives to dredge Nong Ung, a dry 430 rai swamp, improve soil quality in the community, and revitalise a damaged forest led to the villagers' better livelihood.
Reclaiming some lost ground
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 01/11/2015
» The Chinese-style buildings of the Rong Tiem Resort and Restaurant stand in marked contrast with the surrounding greenery of cabbage plantations on Phu Thap Boek. Decorated with hanging red lanterns, the garishly furnished restaurant greets visitors with artificial grass on the pathway at its entrance.
Forest harm lawsuits 'target poor'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/09/2015
» Activists have urged the government to suspend compensation lawsuits against forest encroachers and consider a more humane formula to address "climate change justice".
Climate justice packs punch
News, Published on 28/09/2015
» Chada Chuthing, 54, came away from the Administrative Court in July facing almost certain bankruptcy. And she thinks she has an inflexible bureaucracy, and the climate, to blame.
Encroacher agrees to park pullout
Published on 25/07/2013
» KANCHANABURI - A resort owner has agreed to remove buildings from Khuean Srinagarindra National Park after the Supreme Administrative Court found him guilty of encroaching on the forest.