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Klity Creek revisited
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2024
» Despite a court victory for cleanup efforts and an investment of over 800 million baht of taxpayers' money to rid Klity Creek of toxic lead sediment, the creek remains as polluted as ever.
NACC in trouble again
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2023
» A decision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to hand swift and severe punishment to a kind-hearted teacher in Chiang Mai has triggered public uproar and raises questions about the need for such a heavy-handed sentence.
NBTC must play to win
News, Editorial, Published on 09/11/2022
» Members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) will meet today to decide whether to foot the 1.6-billion-baht bill to broadcast the 2022 Fifa World Cup, as demanded by the government.
Educate, not shame, litterbugs
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2020
» More than 20 million tourists visited the nation's 154 national parks in 2019, generating some 2.2 billion baht in revenue, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). Besides providing a much-needed cash influx, human carelessness or perhaps ironically a lack of care for the environment also meant that these visitors brought with them rubbish -- and lots of it -- in the form of plastic, styrofoam, glass, metal and more.
A plastic tax is not enough
News, Editorial, Published on 31/12/2019
» After some hesitation, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has finally decided to kick off a campaign to cut back on the use of plastic bags starting on Wednesday thanks to cooperation from shopping malls and major convenience stores. Though the campaign has good intentions, it is short of being a praiseworthy effort.
Take more care with park waste
News, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2019
» The death of a male deer in Nan's Khun Sathan National Park highlights the growing need for a plastic management plan in the country's conservation zone.
Dugong marks plastic tragedy
News, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2019
» The tragic death of Marium, the baby dugong, is a testament that more efforts are needed to deal with plastic waste.
Let's protect child migrants
News, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2018
» Recent reports by two human rights advocacy agencies demonstrate the plight of child migrants in state custody in Thailand as legal mechanisms based on humanitarian principles are sadly lacking to properly handle those who are arrested and jailed with their parents or relatives.
Time to rein in pollution
News, Editorial, Published on 25/07/2018
» The government's recent response to public concern over plastic and other pollution has been as tepid as it was disappointing. Faced with real evidence and dramatic cases of ongoing harm, authorities failed to seize the day. The pathetic and heavily documented death of a male pilot whale that choked on 80 plastic bags highlighted what we are doing to the oceans. The case caused experts to emerge to explain the details. The response by the government was a short, barely publicised and utterly failed attempt to stop vendors in some Bangkok wet markets. And even that has now halted.
Preventable marine deaths
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2018
» At the very moment Thailand has begun to worry about massive imports of mostly dangerous foreign waste, the most dramatic proof possible exposes one of the country's most dangerous exports. Marine biologists on the weekend released details and highly disturbing photographs of the death last week of a pilot whale in the Gulf off Songkhla province. An autopsy by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) after the animal drifted ashore and died on the beach showed the cause of death. It either starved or strangled on more than 80 large plastic bags.