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Resorts, restaurant seized for encroachment on Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/02/2018
» SURAT THANI: Three resorts and one restaurant on the island of Koh Phangan, notorious for the popular full moon party, were seized for illegally occupying public land on Monday.
Mennonite communities raise hackles in Peruvian Amazon
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» MASISEA — When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across rice paddies, some of their barns ablaze behind them.
Climate urgency increasing
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/12/2019
» While the latest UN Climate Change Conference was taking place in Madrid, smog returned to Bangkok last week with PM2.5 dust exceeding safe levels in some areas. Face masks were back in fashion, while children, pregnant women and the elderly were advised to avoid outdoor activities.
Keeping the 'seafood supermarket' above water
News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 02/03/2019
» Nestled in Phangnga Bay about 20 kilometres east of Phuket is Baan Bang La, a small Muslim village of 150 households. It is surrounded by lush mangrove forests and untouched coral reefs. Local residents make a living from aquaculture, coastal fishing and small-scale rubber farms.
Tackling firestarters to beat smog
News, Mark Simmerman, Published on 11/04/2019
» The response of the government to the PM2.5 crisis in the northern region has been slow and woefully inadequate. Confidence in our leadership, both local and national, has been shaken to the core.
Global goal to end deforestation nowhere near being met: experts
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» PARIS - Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
Blazes continue to eat into North
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/02/2020
» Fires continued ravaging forests in the north on Saturday, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).
Let's save the world
News, Published on 15/11/2021
» Re: "Leaders vow new bid to save forests", (BP, Nov 3) and "Meta, FB's high-stakes bet", (Life, Nov 3).
Panel admits Thai land transfer loophole
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/03/2025
» The National Land Policy Committee (NLPC) has acknowledged a loophole in its regulations that has led to illegal land transfers, particularly in areas allocated for the poor.
Department puts up notice on Pareena's farm
Saichon Srinuanchan, Published on 05/12/2019
» RATCHABURI: The Royal Forestry Department has put up a notice on a chicken farm run by Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt to announce the seizure of the land found to be on 46 rai of forests in Chom Bung district.