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  • THAILAND

    Road to Dawei paved with anguish

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 02/03/2014

    » From the Tenasserim mountains which form the Thai border to the bright blue Andaman waters of Myanmar’s west coast, a swathe is being cut through communities sitting in the way of progress.

  • THAILAND

    Taking it to the streets

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 12/01/2014

    » With the myriad street protests that have raged across the country in recent years, it is easy to forget that such an expression of public discontent is only a fairly recent phenomenon.

  • OPINION

    Second Lao dam upsets neighbours

    News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 03/11/2013

    » When Laos announced its intention to proceed with the Xayaburi hydropower project on the lower Mekong over the objections of neighbouring countries in the Mekong River Commission (MRC), it was feared that it would set a precedent.

  • THAILAND

    When a ranger falls in the forest

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 31/03/2013

    » On the evening of March 14 in the deep forest of Pang Sida National Park, a ranger was shot dead in an encounter with a group transporting illegally logged Siamese rosewood. At the same time in Bangkok 300km away, international conservationists were wrapping up a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), which gave greater protection to the tree which is rapidly disappearing from Thai forests.

  • THAILAND

    Thailand at the centre of rising illegal ivory trade

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 13/01/2013

    » 'They are all authentic elephant ivory,'' a middle-aged retailer of crafted ivory ornaments told a group of visitors at her shop in Nakhon Sawan's Phayuha Khiri district last week.

  • OPINION

    Dam resettlement strategies need review

    News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 25/11/2012

    » Hydropower is often said to be less potentially harmful than other energy sources such as coal and nuclear, but when the issue of resettlement is thrown into the equation the true costs of hydropower mount rapidly. This is something dam developers themselves admitted at a recent Mekong Forum held in Hanoi in Vietnam.

  • OPINION

    Mekong 'hydro diplomacy' falling short

    News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 11/11/2012

    » In a conference room in Chiang Rai recently, more than 100 water experts from around the world put their heads together to try to find new approaches to dealing with transborder water issues more effectively. Jargon flew about the room, especially the term "hydro diplomacy". Not surprisingly, a topic on everyone's lips was the Xayaburi dam project in in Laos, where last Wednesday, despite strong protests from locals and environmentalists and unsettled points of contention among Mekong River Commission (MRC) member states, Laos suddenly proceeded with a ground-breaking ceremony at the construction site to mark the official start of the project.

  • THAILAND

    Laos denies lying about dam construction

    News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 22/07/2012

    » Following allegations Laos has ignored its Mekong River Commission (MRC) neighbours and proceeded with construction of the Xayaburi Dam project, Laos' Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Viraphonh Viravong spoke to the Bangkok Post Sunday to explain the other side of the story. The following is an edited version of the interview.

  • THAILAND

    MRC nations invited to visit dam

    News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/07/2012

    » The Lao government has invited representatives of fellow Lower Mekong countries to inspect the controversial Xayaburi Dam site for the first time.

  • BUSINESS

    Putting water to work

    Business, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 07/05/2012

    » Following the massive flooding last year, leading scientists are taking a more serious look at how to put excessive flood water into the soil as one of the solutions to help solve future flooding in Thailand and some other Southeast Asian countries.

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