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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.
Court acquits 15 protesters in Songkhla
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/12/2018
» The Songkhla Provincial Court on Thursday acquitted 15 local protesters against a coal power plant project in Songkhla's Thepha district, but two of them were ordered to pay a penalty for violating the public gathering law.
For crimes against the environment
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2018
» The year 2018 has been an eventful one in terms of environmental issues.
For locals, community land deeds a life or death issue
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/11/2018
» Residents of Ban Pong village in Chiang Mai's Sansai district have won a community land title -- a new land allocation concept for landless villagers.
P-Move go home after signing MoU
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2018
» After 10 days of protesting in the capital city, P-Move, a grassroots network of forest communities, yesterday called off its gathering after the government gave in to its demands.
Mercury taints hair samples in industrial, mine areas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/09/2017
» High levels of the toxic heavy metal mercury have been detected in people and the environment in eight provinces across the country where heavy industry, gold mining and coal-fired power plants are concentrated, according to a study.
Scholar says NCPO must tackle poverty
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2016
» The only way to eradicate poverty is through reform, but the military-led government has failed to begin the reform process and is leaving change up to the next elected government, Thammasat University lecturer Thirayuth Boonmee says.