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Senate seeks debate on border rift
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/06/2025
» The Senate is set to convene a general debate to question the government over its handling of ongoing tensions along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Sao Paulo's pumas under attack as 'stone jungle' threatens rainforest
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» JUNDIAí (BRAZIL) - Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.
PWA Wins BEDO Award for Sustainability Excellence
Published on 13/06/2025
» The Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has been honoured with the BEDO Award on Biodiversity & Sustainability, recognising its outstanding performance in the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative. The award was presented by the Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office (Public Organisation), or BEDO, during the Biodiversity Resources and Market Opportunities event, presided over by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on at Ratthaprasasanabhakti Building, Government Complex, Bangkok, on 10 June 2025.
China-backed militia controls rare earth mines in Myanmar
Published on 12/06/2025
» A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.
Indonesia revokes most mining permits in dive hotspot
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia revoked permits on Tuesday for four of the five mining companies operating in the eastern archipelago of Raja Ampat after activists shared videos of islands damaged by nickel extraction.
Shape of new climate politics emerges
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» Only a few months ago, a headline like "United States sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Southeast Asia" could have been dismissed as satire. Today, it's nothing special, one of many published amid an uninterrupted fusillade accompanying Donald Trump's first 100 days in power. Yet it's also part of something bigger, as axes of economic power shift, technological changes surge, and popular sentiments reconfigure and metastasise. Amid that fracturing world order, how should we consider the climate crisis?
It's time to go geoengineering on climate issue
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/06/2025
» This is the second anniversary of the arrival of the emergency but practically nobody is mentioning it. Instead people are choosing to worry about more familiar problems like global trade wars, the rise of fascism and genocidal wars. It's kind of a global displacement activity: if we don't mention it, maybe it will go away.
Stemming the floodwaters
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/06/2025
» Last year, floods in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province caused economic losses in the millions.
The price of demanding justice
Editorial, Published on 01/06/2025
» What is the price of demanding justice or better services from the state? Legal action, fines -- and, in the worst-case scenario, imprisonment.
Fears of dormant volcano erupting in Buri Ram put to rest
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» The rumbling heard by mushroom pickers near the long dormant volcano on the outskirts of Buriram city was just water and there is no danger of it re-awakening, a senior natural resource official said on Monday.