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Developing megaprojects, but at what cost?
News, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 26/04/2025
» The world's climate is deteriorating -- and yet, destroying pristine mangrove forests and wetlands that help absorb carbon emissions is no longer unthinkable.
Dam threatens World Heritage status
Oped, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 14/09/2023
» Seated in a four-wheel drive vehicle, I could see a few big trees on the edge of Khao Yai National Park. Crossing one creek after another, I learned how they help mitigate fast-flowing waters from flooding towns further downstream.
Voices from the mountains
Life, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 06/07/2020
» Kla Kla Chi Klu Ngu -- thus began a song once hummed joyfully by farmers as they went about slashing trees and grass to clear land. For the Pakakeryor folks, also called Karens, the sound in their language was a signal of new beginnings, of hope, of fertility. But not any more.
A better way to feed the sick
Life, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 07/01/2020
» In the past, food served to hospital patients was typically of conventional produce from general markets, secured through electronic procurement or e-bidding. But since April of last year, the Chaophraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital has changed its policy to purchasing solely organic vegetables through special procurement.
Fighting cancer just half the battle
News, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 15/01/2018
» While picking up a bottle of cancer drugs from her desk, a nurse jokingly mentioned how we had to handle it with utmost care. Each bottle, which lasts 30 days, costs as much as half a car, she said. Almost four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. This means the disease has already spread to other parts of my body such as my bones, and it is incurable.