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Thai year of environmental upheaval
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of challenges that had laid bare its vulnerability to environmental degradation, natural disasters, and complex regional dynamics.
95% in online poll oppose shrinking Thap Lan park
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/07/2024
» Ninety-five percent of the more than 900,000 people who took part in an online survey oppose revoking the protected status of 265,286 rai (425 square kilometres) of land in Thap Lan National Park, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Kids drawn to vaping despite proven health risks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2024
» They can look harmlessly cute, coming in bright cartoon-like colours and with various tempting flavours.
German cliff jumper found dead
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/01/2023
» KRABI: Authorities have recovered the body of a German tourist who jumped off a cliff in Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park on Saturday afternoon.
Saving Songkhla's last dolphin pod
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/08/2022
» The last pod of 14 Irrawaddy dolphins in Songkhla Lake in southern Thailand could become extinct within eight years if a conservation plan is not implemented immediately, says the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.
Rock quarry plan upsets Satun locals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/04/2022
» More than 300 families of the Khao Toh Krang community in Satun's Khuan Don district are living in fear that a nearby rock quarry concession will destroy livelihoods and harm the area's rich natural resources.
Govt plans B100bn canal splurge to prevent floods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2020
» The government is planning to spend a massive 100 billion baht to develop a 240-kilometre canal running from Chai Nat province to the Gulf of Thailand to prevent flooding in the kingdom's central region, according to the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
Xayaburi Dam in clear, says operator
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2019
» The unseasonal drought currently affecting the lower Mekong Region has alerted both the public and the authorities to the activities of a series of dams further upstream on the international river.
Air pollution clinics bound for the North
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2019
» The Ministry of Public Health will open more air pollution clinics in affected areas, according to Dr Sukhum Kanchanapimai, permanent secretary at the ministry.
Protesters refuse to go home
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/01/2019
» Residents protesting against water projects in two southern provinces vowed Monday to stay in Bangkok until the government cancels the projects.