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All quiet on the Mekong front
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 14/05/2023
» Mekong civil society groups are urging the governments of Thailand and Cambodia to shift their Mekong River policy towards protecting ecosystems and promoting environmental justice.
It's a lean green machine
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 23/04/2023
» Natural resources and the environment is one topic in which parties are competing to win support from voters in the general election next month. Almost every party has announced policy proposals to protect people from environmental harm and promote a clean and sustainable development.
Chiang Rai locals upset at Lao dam plan
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 06/10/2022
» Locals in Chiang Rai's Wiang Kaen district have raised concerns over possible floods on over 10,000 rai of low-lying communities and farmlands if the Pak Beng hydropower dam project in Laos is built.
Eco-farming 'to undo harm'
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 03/10/2022
» As the agricultural sector is responsible for over a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, environmental experts say the best solution to reverse the crisis is by reforming the farming system to encourage more eco-farming.
Songkhram River threat
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 16/04/2022
» Development projects and agrochemicals are threatening the ecology of the Songkhram River -- the last free-flowing river in the Northeast and one of the country's few remaining freshwater biodiversity hotspots, although some species are already nothing but a memory.
Dam plans threaten forests
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 02/02/2022
» Two of Thailand's World Heritage sites are at risk of getting downgraded as they face threats from development projects being pursued by the government, environmentalists warn.
The Chana hustle
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 12/12/2021
» As the conflict over the controversial Chana industrial park project in Songkhla heats up, locals and academics insist the government needs to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to defuse the dispute and ensure suitable development for the locality.