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Move quickly to seize forests back from rubber planters
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/04/2015
» With the blessing of the National Council for Peace and Order, the Royal Forest Department intends over the next two years to seize back one million rai of former forest that has been encroached on, cleared and planted in rubber.
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Foreign-owned timber plantations bad idea
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/03/2015
» Yet another project has been shelved by the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, but this time it is the right decision. It would be even better if the project – foreign owned timber plantations – was scrapped, period.
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It took a big kick to wake up Phuket
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/08/2014
» It seems the Land Department and its branch office in Phuket have only just woken up to the decades-old land encroachment problem, especially the prime land in Sirinart National Park and forest reserves.
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Sensible forest plan, but we want offenders' names
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/06/2015
» One of the first priorities of the National Council for Peace and Order after the military takeover in May 22 last year, and followed up relentlessly by the government, was to seize back state-owned land from encroachers, particularly that which used to be forest land and had been turned into rubber plantations.
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Forest issue takes a serious turn for the worse
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/11/2012
» Can we kiss goodbye to our forests? Green groups won the first round when they forced Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk to halt the issuance of land documents in certain protected areas.
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Officials may be wishing monk has fled
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/02/2017
» Is Phra Dhammajayo, the elusive former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, still within the vast reaches of 2,300-rai compound of the temple, playing hide and seek with the authorities trying to bring him to the court to face charges ranging from embezzlement and money laundering to receiving stolen property and forest encroachment?
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Lottery reform failure undermines NCPO's credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2014
» The problem of overpriced lottery tickets was one of first to be tackled by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) immediately after its takeover of the national administration on May 22. Other problems included overcharging by motorcycle taxis, illegal parking by passenger vans, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, and encroachment on forest reserves, public beaches and footpaths.
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Rice farmers must help themselves
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/09/2014
» Rice farmers recently asked for help from the government after a similar call from rubber growers in 16 southern provinces demanding intervention to arrest the seemingly unstoppable fall in rubber prices.
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Lottery price cap is a litmus test for NCPO credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/08/2014
» In mid-July, the Krung Thep Poll by Bangkok University released the results of an opinion survey involving about 1,200 people whose views were gauged on how confident they were with efforts by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to solve the problem of overpriced lottery tickets.
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Judge NCPO by its performance, not by opinion polls
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2014
» Bangkok University's Krungthep Poll came out last week with the latest opinion survey on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) showing it had scored 6.9 points out of 10 for its first three-month performance. By comparison, for that same time period, the Yingluck government scored 4.49 points, and the Abhisit government 3.82 points.
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