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Tech ministry floats science city proposal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2015
» The Science and Technology Ministry has floated the idea of developing Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district as a science city to accommodate high-tech industry in the country.
Haze battle: Public banned from forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2015
» State agencies were ordered Wednesday to strictly enforce a ban to stop villagers from entering forests in 10 northern provinces until the end of next month in an effort to stop haze pollution.
Haze forces Kan Airlines to scrap route
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/03/2015
» Worsening haze conditions in Thailand's northern provinces has prompted Kan Airlines to cancel domestic flights between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Airport director Weerawat Takhong said on Tuesday.
Thai scientists clone rare deer embryo
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/02/2015
» The Zoological Park Organisation has made progress in its efforts to a clone Siamese Eld's deer with the successful production of an embryo.
Northern farmers banned from burning excess crops
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2015
» Chiang Mai: The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to reduce haze clouds in the rural north by establishing no-burning zones for 60 days in nine provinces.
Bug-filled lodgings to get B300m
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/12/2014
» The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department plans to invest over 300 million baht to renovate accommodation and outbuildings in the country's four main national parks.
Poor to receive land in Feb
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/12/2014
» A sub-committee on national land management has earmarked 18.71 million rai for more than 300,000 poor people to farm as part of the government's bid to narrow the inequality gap.
Govt scraps park fees for New Year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/11/2014
» Entrance fees to all 147 national parks will be waived on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as part of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's "happiness" campaign, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation says.
PM urged to suspend GM field trials
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha should suspend all field trials of genetically modified (GM) plants until a law on bio-safety is introduced, environmentalists say.
Encroachment crackdown 'targets poor'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2014
» More than 500 poor villagers have been prosecuted for forest encroachment over the past four months despite a National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) order to limit the scope of reclamation operations, activists say.