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Activists in the line of fire
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 04/05/2014
» While the details in the case of the missing Mr Porlajee remain unclear, some human rights activists say it has highlighted threats routinely made against environmental campaigners and human rights activists.
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Falling under a relentless dry spell
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 09/03/2014
» In his office at Rangsit University, the country’s best-known climate expert, Seree Supratid, is staring at a computer screen intently, his face showing signs of concern.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Paving a piece of paradise
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 27/10/2013
» Dech Khieonarong is one of many residents of Tak's Umphang district who cheered when the government announced it was reviving a plan to construct a new road from Khlong Lan to the remote town in the midst of a protected wilderness. Weary of traversing the 164km of arduous road with, by his count, more than 1,000 hairpin curves, he volunteered to head a committee of locals to push for the construction of the ''new'' Khlong Lan-Umphang road, a large part of which was actually constructed more than 40 years ago by the military as part of its efforts to suppress communist insurgents. The military managed to cut 115km of road through the deep forest inside Mae Wong National Park, 30km from Umphang in the 1970s. The military backed off on completing the road to Umphang because of objections that it would compromise the Western Forest Complex. Over the years the military road fell into disuse and is now overgrown and impassable in some places.
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Dam activist hits the road ... all 388km of it
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/09/2013
» At the age of 45, environmental activist Sasin Chalermlarp admits that embarking on the most physically gruelling mission of his life is ''not fun at all''.
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Lead poisoning a gamble for country's billion-baht reserve
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/09/2013
» The prospect of lead mining resuming in Kanchanaburi province on a major scale is once again threatening to divide local communities afflicted by contamination from the controversial Klity Creek mine.
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Lab leads charge in smuggling struggle
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 10/03/2013
» As organised wildlife smuggling syndicates adopt advanced tactics to evade police, authorities say the latest forensic technology has helped put officers back on the front foot.
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Experts question pollution 'solution'
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 27/01/2013
» Environmental experts are concerned by a suggestion from the Pollution Control Department that the lead-contaminated Klity Creek could be cleaned up by ''natural rehabilitation'' rather than by active measures.
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