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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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    Wild elephants on the edge of existence

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 13/04/2014

    » ‘Stop the truck and turn the lights off now!” shouted 57-year-old Somporn Mee-im to his colleague, Mai, driving the pickup.

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    Tigers' final frontier

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 23/02/2014

    » Park ranger Onsa peers out from under his cap and raises an antenna, scanning for radio signals from deep in the thick forests of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.

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    Hope still flows for poisoned Klity

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 29/12/2013

    » 'It's still there, in the creek's water, and the villagers are still worried about it, the lead which has been contaminating their creek for decades,'' said Supaporn Malailoy, a lawyer who has been advocating on behalf of the residents who live near Klity Creek.

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    Voices of the dammed

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 17/11/2013

    » Thong feels lost in both senses of the word. After being told the plan to build a dam on the nearby Mae Wong stream had been revived, the cassava farmer, who preferred to use a pseudonym, feels defeated in his campaign to oppose the project. He is also unsure of which direction his life will take in the wake of the decision.

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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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    Talking the walk

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 13/10/2013

    » Seub Nakhasathien Foundation secretary-general Sasin Chalermlarp, 45, made headlines three weeks ago after undertaking an unprecedented long-distance walk to protest against the planned dam in Mae Wong National Park. The journey took him from Nakhon Sawan province to the heart of Bangkok, where he was welcomed by thousands of supporters. Spectrum interviewed him after the mission was completed.

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    A lesson in sustainability

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 06/10/2013

    » The long-term Chiew Larn reservoir study can serve as a template for other threatened forest ecosystems in the Kingdom, said Petch Manopawitr, conservation programme manager at WWF Thailand.

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    A different killer lurking in the forest

    Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 29/09/2013

    » Yoo-ae, 18, could not decide whether or not to leave the cemetery. The Karen girl's mother and friends were urging her to go, but she replied, ''No, I want to stay a little longer,'' her eyes filling with tears.

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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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