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Firms told to plan disaster risk strategies
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/06/2014
» Asia-Pacific business leaders and governments must ramp up joint planning efforts to reduce economic losses caused by natural disasters, a United Nations (UN) expert on the issue has warned.
Agencies to share work on jellyfish
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2014
» Two state agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday, agreeing to cooperate on efforts to protect tourists from box jellyfish.
Vichet asks military to guard timber
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/03/2014
» UBON RATCHATHANI: The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will ask the army to provide a secure place to store a massive amount of confiscated phayung wood (Siamese rosewood) because forest stations are too vulnerable to house the precious timber.
Senate panel urges flood plan rethink
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2014
» The 350-billion-baht water management scheme is unlikely to boost flood prevention capabilities much because each project module has not been designed to deal with extreme weather, a Senate panel says.
Thai woman wins historic trip to explore space for six minutes
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2014
» A Thai woman will spend six minutes in space next year, after winning a ride in a Lynx Mark II sub-orbital spacecraft.
First Thai woman to be in space
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2014
» A Thai woman will spend six minutes in space next year, after winning a ride in a Lynx Mark II sub-orbital spacecraft.
Phiraphan pushes for nuke power
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/07/2013
» Newly appointed Science and Technology Minister Phiraphan Phalusuk has vowed to push for the construction of nuclear power plants in the country.
Woravat draws critics' ire over longan fruit junkets
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/06/2013
» Science Minister Woravat Au-apinyakul has come under fire for travelling overseas to promote longan fruit.
Cites boosts shark protection
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2013
» Five shark species have been put on a protection list to prevent them from being wiped out due to high demand for their fins.
Govt draws the line on shark, manta ray listing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/03/2013
» The Department of Fisheries is unhappy with a proposal by the United States and South American nations to put sharks and manta rays on Cites's protection list to control international trade of the fish species.