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  From salt to solar

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/09/2016

  » If this year's severe drought returns next dry season, Uncle Wai Rodtayoy and other salt farmers in tambon Koek Kharm of Samut Sakhon, known as the country's largest sea-salt-farming area, will see mounting debts.

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  Against the flow

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/02/2016

  » Songkhram River is a little-known tributary of the Mekong River. Yet staying under the radar has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, for the placid 420km river has been left untouched from development projects such as dams and major construction. Compared to other waterways in the northeastern region such as the Chi and Mun rivers, which are straddled by dams, the Songkhram -- known as a source of delicious freshwater fish -- is the only tributary of the Mekong which runs free and unobstructed.

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  Force of nature

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/09/2015

  » When the 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Northern province of Chiang Rai on May 5 last year, artist Angkrit Ajchariyasophon stayed safe at home far away from the epicentre. A few days after the quake, the Chiang Rai native took pictures of the aftermath -- the broken statue of Lord Buddha, cracks in the walls, subsided land and buildings left in rubble.

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  Schooled by a gypsy

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/05/2015

  » At first glance, Saengsoem Harntalay appears as a typical Urak Lawoi sea gypsy, an ethnic group of seafarers that populate the coastal area and islands in the South Andaman Sea. Her skin tone is a deep dark, matching her sharp, bright eyes and imminent brows. In the same way that some villagers appears too shy and on guard, Saengsoem exudes the air of reserve and looks to be overly cautious against strangers. 

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  Environment for disaster

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/12/2014

  » The year 2014 hasn't been entirely memorable — in a good way, at least — when considering the progress of environmental campaigns.

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  Plan Bee

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/05/2014

  » ‘You need to do it smoothly but you need to do it quickly,” Donrohmanh Noomoui, aka Bang Roh, says through the mosquito-net veil that covers his entire head. In his right hand is a knife, and in the left a sticky honeycomb buzzing with live bees. His audience, who appear as nervous and jittery as the bees themselves, are villagers of Ban Koh Kram in Krabi province’s Muang district and are in training to become expert beekeepers. Keepers of the Asiatic honeybee (Apis cerana) to be precise.

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  Conservationists join anti-government movement

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/02/2014

  » An interesting development to the current anti-government movement is the appearance of several conservationists who have joined “the fight”. Many have shown up around the city to represent villagers affected by development projects initiated by the state, with a joint purpose much more complicated than just to topple the caretaker government.

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  Nowhere to go

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/03/2014

  » His melancholy expression and dark, brooding eyes immediately draw one’s attention to the photo. What a face! The deep wrinkles furrowing his forehead and prominent veins standing out at his temples make his visage resemble a topographic map of some particularly rough terrain. The old man’s face is memorable and photogenic, but not in the way we normally use that adjective.

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  Regional consciousness

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/11/2013

  » The rise of Asean has been perceived as an investment opportunity. Yet veteran conservationist Premrudee Daorueng, director of Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliances (Terra), has witnessed the mounting presence of environmental problems and the resistance against environmentally harmful projects in politically oppressed countries such as Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

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  The tipping point

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/10/2013

  » It is just small news, just another report of deaths. Two forest rangers were killed earlier this month by illegal poachers in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, in the country's rich Western Forest Complex.

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