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Yellow-band disease ravaging Thailand's coral reefs
Montira Rungjirajittranon of AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» BAN KO SAMAESAN, Chon Buri: Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor, and scientists fear it may be getting worse because of climate change.
Finding heritage-based fixes for floods
Oped, Montira Horayangura Unakul, Published on 27/10/2022
» Whenever floods ravage Thailand, we hear many calls to enlarge drainage channels, construct new riverside barriers and build more pumping stations. But despite years of heroic engineering work, floods keep wreaking havoc.
Crisis shows need to pivot to new tourism model
News, Montira Unakul, Published on 20/07/2020
» In just the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, 90% of World Heritage sites were closed. Similarly, a global survey showed that 90% of museums were shut down, with 10% unlikely to ever open their doors again. Many other cultural tourism destinations have seen major declines in visitor numbers.
The challenge of big-city diversity
News, Montira Unakul, Published on 06/03/2018
» Migration is a fundamental force shaping many of our societies today. Indeed, it is now more important in determining the demographics of cities than fertility and mortality.