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Cute posts, cruel trade
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2025
» For years, CITES -- the United Nations' multilateral treaty aimed at protecting endangered plants and animals from threats posed by international trade -- has focused on combating wildlife trafficking networks that smuggle exotic animals from forests and breeding centres to meet demand from private zoos and the traditional medicine trade.
Covid threat just one of many
News, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2021
» As Thai authorities battle to halt a tide of infections currently threatening to dislodge a halo worn so proudly by many who thought Covid-19 had been beaten on home soil, a UN report released last week comes as a timely reminder that epidemics come in all shapes and sizes and the present Covid crisis can't be allowed to distract from pro-environmental policy-making.
Fee waiver not the answer
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2019
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha cabinet appears to have made the right decision in turning down a visa fee waiver proposal for Chinese and Indian travellers suggested by the Tourism and Sports Ministry. But the decision will ultimately have no effect, as at the same time, the government announced it will continue to allow Chinese and Indian travellers -- and citizens of 16 other countries -- to get their visas on arrival, free of charge. This is a strange irony.