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Plea to give Karen a say in Kaeng Krachan forest
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 30/08/2021
» Environmental conservation must go hand in hand with the protection of local indigenous communities' rights in Thailand's newly inscribed natural World Heritage site, the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, experts say.
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.
Lobster 'recycling' project wins praise
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/03/2020
» As lobster dishes become more popular among seafood lovers, the amount of shells getting thrown away is enormous. After all, only about 30% of the entire lobster is edible -- the rest is their hard, inedible outer shell.
Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/12/2018
» As the election looms, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will likely leave behind a very mixed legacy. Far from being a clean-up crew against graft and a technocratic team for effective policy performance when it seized power more than four years ago, this outgoing government has had its fair share of unaccountable corruption allegations and policy directions that merely served its own vested interests of staying in power after the polls.
Martial law stirs up division in Pattani
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/09/2018
» PATTANI: More than 50 local people staged a protest Monday against Prince of Songkla University's Pattani campus after a youth group, consisting of its students, issued a statement decrying last week's invocation of martial law in two tambons of Pattani's Nong Chik district.
Seksan was spot on
News, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2018
» Re "Seksan blasts divisive politics," BP, March 10.
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.