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Village forest revival cuts haze pollution in Chiang Rai province
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/03/2026
» CHIANG RAI: A small community in Phan district is showing how forest conservation can curb haze pollution while generating sustainable income.
Thap Lan disputes to be studied on case-by-case basis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2025
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said disputes relating to overlapping land boundaries in Thap Lan National Park in Prachin Buri will be handled on a case-by-case basis, adding a "one-size-fits-all" solution would be neither effective nor fair for all concerned parties.
‘Unsafe’ heavy metal levels in northern Thai rivers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/06/2025
» The Pollution Control Department has confirmed unsafe levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in the Kok, Sai and Mekong rivers in northern Thailand, with the contamination traced to upstream mining operations across the border in Shan State of Myanmar.
Covid resurgence ‘no cause for alarm’
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2025
» Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin has urged the public not to panic amid concerns over a resurgence of Covid-19 in Thailand, emphasising that the disease is now classified as endemic.
Bandwagon to get ancient temple Unesco status grows
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2025
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on is preparing to propose to the cabinet that Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat be given the backing it needs to secure Unesco World Heritage status.
Civil groups urge govt to back global plastics treaty
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/11/2024
» Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the government to take action against plastic pollution and show its support for a global treaty on plastics.
Measles jab drive launched in South
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2024
» Health authorities have launched an intensive vaccination campaign following the deaths of five people in the latest outbreak of measles in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces.
Thamanat group parting ways with Palang Pracharath
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/09/2024
» Thamanat Prompow has stepped down as secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and five other members of his group have quit as party executives as their estrangement from the party deepens.
73 monkeys caught in Lop Buri
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2024
» Seventy-three monkeys were caught on Friday as an operation resumed to remove the troublesome primates from Lop Buri city, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
New plan to solve monkey infestation
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/04/2024
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Phatcharavat Wongsuwan is looking to open a macaque control centre in Lop Buri to sterilise the monkeys and transfer them to other areas in a bid to solve problems they cause in the town.