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Cambodia told to evacuate its citizens from Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province
Online Reporters, Published on 29/09/2025
» Authorities in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province on Monday gave Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia eight days to submit a plan for evacuating Cambodians from two areas claimed as Thai territory.
Locals bewildered as fertile forests carved up
Published on 26/02/2024
» Kittisak Prompinij, a community leader in Ban Heo Pla Kang, Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Chong district, said he was puzzled why a group of non-residents could be allocated fertile forest area from Khao Yai National Park under the Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform scheme, when locals had missed out for years.
Illegal mining booms in Brazilian Amazon 'promised land'
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» CANAã DOS CARAJáS (BRAZIL) - Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from deep inside a giant hole with a bucket full of riches.
Carbon credit plan meets flak
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 19/09/2022
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's effort to fight climate change by using carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems as natural carbon sinks is getting a lot of flak.
Forestry officials take legal action against Hmong on Phetchabun mountain
Published on 14/09/2022
» PHETCHABUN: Local forestry officials on Wednesday asked police to take legal action against the Hmong people who blocked them from exiting a resort hotel that allegedly encroached on Phu Thap Boek mountain - while authorities questioned why they had previously turned a blind eye to the matter.
Western Europe wilts under heatwave
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» BORDEAUX: France and Britain suffered soaring temperatures Wednesday, edging closer to the blistering heat already engulfing Spain and Portugal as wildfires destroyed vast stretches of Western European forestland.
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.
Heat rising on environmental problems
News, Published on 30/12/2021
» When it comes to ecological and climate-change issues, pressure is intensifying for solutions. Pratch Rujivanarom recalls five significant events which grabbed headlines this year.
Govt ill-prepared to tackle climate woes
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 30/10/2021
» One and a half hour's drive from Bangkok is Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya. Here, most of the rice fields and entire villages have been under water for the past couple of months.
All in the family, novice thief messes up, please jail me
News, Mae Moo, Published on 10/10/2021
» Lao 'grandad' betrays trust