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Communities join hands to save nation's wetlands
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/01/2026
» Thailand's wetlands are under increasing pressure from climate change and accelerating human activity, mirroring a global crisis that has already wiped out 22% of wetlands worldwide since 1970.
Worry over mine's impact on World Heritage site
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/10/2024
» The Seub Nakhasathien Foundation has expressed concern about a dolomite mining project near the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in Phetchaburi.
Carbon credits 'key' to winning climate fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/09/2024
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) says the nation's carbon trading scheme will be an important tool in the fight to preserve Thailand's forests, noting the community that took part in its pilot programme in 2015 has generated over seven million baht in carbon credits from the scheme to date.
Panel pushes Songkhla town clusters for Unesco
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/03/2024
» The national committee on the World Heritage Convention on Wednesday recommended four historic town clusters located in the southern province of Songkhla for inclusion in Unesco's tentative list of potential new world heritage sites.
Village joins carbon credit scheme
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2022
» PHETCHABURI: The Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment has rolled out a carbon credit scheme, which the government hopes will inspire communities across the country to preserve and expand their forest areas.
More pumps installed to drain flooded Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/09/2022
» The Irrigation Department has installed more pumps to speed up the draining of floodwater from around Bangkok into the sea.
Abuse case a 'wake-up call'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/07/2022
» The alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old Prathom five (Grade 5) female student by a 12-year-old Prathom six (Grade 6) boy at a school in Wichian Buri district of Phetchabun province on June 21 is a wake-up call for society.
Ex-monk land buy in forest reserve
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2022
» Over 200 rai of Sor Por Kor (agricultural land reform) plots in Chaiyaphum purchased by ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong were in reserved forest areas, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa said.
New flowering plant species found in Tak forest
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/01/2022
» A new species of flowering creeper has been found in Tak province and its discovery published in an international journal on botany, according to Sermpong Nualngam, of Protected Areas Regional Office 16 in Mae Sariang district.
Bed shortage prompts new treatment strategy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/06/2021
» Covid-19 patients suffering only mild symptoms might have to self-care at home under a close monitoring system set up by medical staff, according to Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha.