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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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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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Shots in the park threaten nation's endangered species
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 10/02/2013
» It was the shooting of the cat-sized krachong (mouse deer) that really made Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn angry. He and a team of park officials had just arrested a group of illegal hunters who had shot the krachong for sport, along with more than 100 rare giant Asian river frogs, in November of last year inside the park.
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Heavy metal tragedy still playing out at Klity Creek
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 27/01/2013
» Ma Aung Seng's bamboo thatched-roof home has no running water, and the 50-year-old blind Karen woman has no money to buy bottled water as she can no longer work her rice fields. So when she needs water she normally asks her 16-year-old son to walk down to Klity Creek and fetch some to use for drinking, cooking and cleaning.
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Restrictions sinking sea gypsies
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 11/11/2012
» Sanit tried to maintain his stride while walking towards the sea, but everybody knew that he was sick.
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