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Delayed ban a death sentence for Thai dugongs
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/08/2019
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has finally woken up to the plight of critically endangered dugongs by turning Marium, the nation's sweetheart, into a poster child.
Yingluck gone but populism sticks around
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/08/2017
» Ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra has gone -- some might say -- with the wind. And the way she fled the country was so sly, like a Hollywood film noir where the femme fatale coolly sashays out of the scene having outwitted everyone.
Nice try, but policy doesn't hold water
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/08/2017
» It seems like the latest flooding in the Northeast still haunts Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Last week he decided he would make use of his sweeping powers under Section 44 of the interim charter to form a new national water management unit.
We're really not heeding King's words
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/10/2016
» Last Friday, the United Nations held a special session to pay tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The eulogy is clear: the world lost a great leader who tirelessly worked to serve his people, and helped the needy and the marginalised -- and was a trailblazer of sustainable development.
We are all just singing in the rain
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/10/2016
» I've always believed a good crisis can make for a great opportunity. Yet, I find it hard to apply the Pollyanna principle to the case of water management in Thailand.
Focus forest plan on the urban jungle
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/05/2016
» While I welcome the National Council for Peace and Order's plan to recover 128 million rai of forest land over the next decade, it is to say the least, somewhat ambitious. The goal, in my humble opinion, is harder than restoring democracy itself.
Water scarcity calls for nationwide change
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/10/2015
» As the threat of prolonged drought becomes imminent, questions mount over whether the country needs new water management in order to better deal with the “new normal” of water scarcity.