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Karen villagers can return to forest, rules committee
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/05/2023
» An independent committee examining a land dispute between Karen villagers and authorities has granted approval for the villagers to return to Bang Kloy Bon if they wish.
Displaced Karen threaten to return
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2023
» Karen villagers evicted from Bang Kloy Bon, and Chai Phaendin forest villages in part of Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi in 1996 are threatening to return to the villages.
Committee findings back evicted Karen
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2022
» An independent committee examining a land dispute between Karen villagers and local forest protection authorities has suggested that all charges against the villagers be dropped. The Karen have been evicted from a forest village in Phetchaburi's Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Park dwellers' case likely to be delayed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/05/2021
» Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow yesterday agreed to ask prosecutors to delay legal proceedings against 28 villagers living in Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Park dwellers' prosecution likely to be delayed
Post Reporters, Published on 25/05/2021
» Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow on Tuesday agreed to ask the prosecution to delay legal proceedings against 28 villagers living in Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Govt calls talks on Karen row
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2021
» The government has pledged to solve land conflicts between the Ministry of Natural Resources and ethnic Karen villagers now dwelling in Kaeng Krachan National Park within 30 days, Thamanat Prompow, deputy agriculture minister, said.
Chatuchak locals 'won't lose homes'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/02/2021
» The Treasury Department on Wednesday assured a community in Chatuchak district that it would not appropriate land on which the community is located to pave the way for the revival of a mass transit terminal project.
SRT asked to respect slum dwellers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2020
» A group representing city slum dwellers on Monday asked the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to take care of 30,000 people affected by infrastructure projects related to the high-speed train network.
Transport Ministry questioned over Makkasan rail evictions
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2020
» The Transport Ministry will be asked to explain how it plans to resolve the grievances of communities facing the State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) order to be evicted from the Makkasan area.
Pareena set to face encroachment charges
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2020
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) is poised to lodge a police complaint against Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt over her alleged encroachment on 682 rai of forest land.