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Forestry employee arrested for rosewood theft
Online Reporters, Published on 12/11/2024
» A forestry employee has been arrested in Udon Thani after intruders attacked staff and stole 19 phayung logs and two guns from a forest conservation unit in Sakon Nakhon province on Saturday.
Seed bomb threat to forest ecology
Editorial, Published on 01/09/2024
» Despite public concern over invasive species like the blackchin tilapia, which is rapidly spreading and threatening river and marine ecosystems nationwide, forest authorities are now putting rainforests at risk by seed bombing with non-native species. This reckless action must stop.
Department clamps down on protected wood shipments
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/06/2023
» The Commerce Ministry has issued two regulations prohibiting the importation of timber, processed wood and wooden artefacts, unless traders hold a certificate of import, in addition to barring phayung (Siamese rosewood) exports.
2 collared for stealing phayung trees in Trang
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2021
» Two men accused of hiring workers to illegally fell phayung (Siamese rosewood) trees in Trang for sale to timber merchants in Laos have been arrested in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
Phayung timber smugglers caught
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/12/2021
» Two men accused of hiring people to illegally fell phayung (Siamese rosewood) trees in Trang for sale to timber merchants in Laos have been arrested in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
Thieves steal 13 rare trees
News, Published on 03/11/2021
» KHON KAEN: Thieves have cut down and made off with 13 mature phayung (rosewood) trees from an agricultural demonstration centre in Ban Phai district of this northeastern province, a village chief said on Tuesday.
Police nab forestry official over alleged corruption
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/03/2021
» A senior natural resources official was arrested on a bribery charge for allegedly demanding two million baht in exchange for the release of seized timber, police said.
Local natural resources chief caught soliciting B2m bribe from timber trader
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/03/2021
» MUKDAHAN: The director of the Mukdahan natural resources and environment office and a woman accomplice have been arrested for soliciting a 2-million baht bribe from a Lao timber trader.
500 million baht in assets seized from drug network
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/08/2020
» Five hundred million baht in assets were seized this week from a drug trafficking network after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) began using a new technology designed to analyse financial transaction data.
Man dies in suspected tiger attack
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/04/2020
» A tiger is believed to have killed a man who went to investigate noises in the forest while camping with two friends in Thap Lan National Park in Wang Nam Khieo district of Nakhon Ratchasima.