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From humble beginnings
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/10/2020
» Under a raised-floor wooden house in Chiang Mai, Nuansri Promjai, 63, warmly welcomes guests to her home. She wears a hemp blouse and harem pants that she designed and knitted herself, a hobby that has been her leisure interest since childhood. Over the past 36 years, she has turned her passion to a profession. Currently, she creates jobs for more than a hundred women including the elderly in her community of Ban Huai Sai in Mae Rim district.
'Look! Do you see the giraffes?'
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/04/2019
» The downtown the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is fully dotted with high-rise buildings like other metropolises. Cars move slowly during rush hour traffic. Like Bangkok where hawkers roam the streets when the traffic light turns red, some vendors in Nairobi held bags of snacks or even fresh bananas to sell to commuters.
Take a leaf
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/03/2019
» In the factory grounds of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district, stands an ordinary two-storey building. Small, old and fairly nondescript, it is nevertheless guarded around the clock and equipped with a security system. This is because its upper floor is a restricted zone where the first lot of 140 cannabis plants will be grown for R&D and medical purposes.
Making a better treatment work
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/11/2018
» The attempt to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes has gained momentum, especially now that the National Legislative Assembly has promised to go in full-speed toward passing amendments to the 1979 Narcotics Act, decriminalising weed for health reasons. Despite controversy, such a movement would be another significant treatment alternative to cope with a growing number of illnesses.
To catch a (wildlife) criminal
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/08/2017
» A small round sample of smuggled ivory is put in a zip-locked plastic bag. Although the piece is the size of a bead, it is hard and must be hammered many times before being broken into little pieces. The specimen is put in a test tube so a freezer mill can grind and pulverise the ivory sample for a DNA test.
Protecting a valuable import
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/06/2016
» It's a shocking fact that an estimated 100 Chinese tourists die in Thailand every year. To be exact, 103 of them lost their lives here last year. "The number is very high," said Chen Jiang, counsellor for the Cultural Section of Chinese Embassy. The main cause of death, he said, were accidents on land and in the sea as well as drowning due to water sports.
Under mother nature's watch
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 03/08/2015
» A study full of books and pictures of birds is the weekday workplace of Dr Pilai Poonswad. On weekends, the renowned biologist and emeritus professor at the Microbiology Department of Mahidol University moves her “office” to the dense forests, where she has spent days and nights researching hornbills for 37 years.
All that glitters...
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/04/2015
» A community meeting room in Ban Khao Mo village in Phichit, about 300km north of Bangkok, has been locked up. Plastic chairs are stacked up in rows. Dry leaves are scattered on the concrete floor. Across the street are three huge concrete water tanks, empty. Not far from them stand four houses, a temple with only one monk and an unfinished construction site. The scene is desolate, the village nearly abandoned.
Encroaching on male territory
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/02/2015
» Patrolling the forest with a gun was not the job of Weeraya Ochakull’s dreams. But she was offered the opportunity about 18 years ago, and the present chief of Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (western zone) in Kanchanaburi feels the work has made her a strong person who truly believes in law enforcement.
Mother nature
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/12/2014
» Chaem Hanyek, a resolute 47-year-old housewife-turned-activist, stands in front of tall, old trees in a mangrove forest in Ban Thung Tase in the southern province of Trang. She raises her right hand and spreads out the five fingers.