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Calls mount for city flood retention areas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/09/2022
» Located in a low-lying area on the Chao Phraya River basin, Bangkok covers an area of 1,569km² but it has little space for green areas that can be converted into flood retention areas.
Trail marks Swiss-Thai relations
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/12/2021
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is marking 90 years of cooperation between Thailand and Switzerland by launching a project to improve natural hiking trails in Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Hemp seen as a timely cash crop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/10/2021
» After it was removed from the list of controlled substances in January, hemp is now being grown on more than 3,250 rai of land by 324 parties granted permission to do so for commercial purposes as the plant gains traction as a budding cash crop.
Calls mount for fairer land distribution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/01/2019
» Land ownership will emerge as a challenge for the new government in 2019 as calls for equal land distribution grow louder.
Mekong rapid blasting 'likely to backfire'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2017
» Thailand stands to lose more than it gains from its decision to join China in blowing up rapids in the Mekong River to ease the passage of large shipping vessels, says a fellow from the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Thai crane species gains new lease on life
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2016
» The discovery of two new-born sarus crane chicks in the Huai Chorakhe Mak Non-Hunting area in Buri Ram two months ago has prompted a plan by the Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) to have the birds de-listed as an extinct species.
Firms told to plan disaster risk strategies
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/06/2014
» Asia-Pacific business leaders and governments must ramp up joint planning efforts to reduce economic losses caused by natural disasters, a United Nations (UN) expert on the issue has warned.
Tuenjai urges cooperation to solve stateless people's plight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/03/2012
» The Asean community should support migrant strategies to prevent the trafficking of stateless people, says a renowned former senator working in community development.