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Let's save Chiang Rai's wetlands
Oped, Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, Published on 10/04/2026
» Wetlands are essential for Thailand's ecological health. Yet our wetlands face threats nationwide. In Chiang Rai province, the Royal Irrigation Department has dispatched bulldozers to convert the Wiang Nong Lom Wetland from a living landscape into a water reservoir, erasing its vitality as a natural system.
Time for panda rethink
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/02/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was thrilled that his request for another panda was well received by Beijing. It's understood the animal will be leased like its predecessors, Lin Hui and Xuang Xuang, formerly the star attractions of Chiang Mai Zoo. The duo arrived in Thailand in 2003, triggering "panda fever" in the tropical country. More than 7.4 million people visited the zoo over the course of 19 years, from 2003 to 2022.
Bats are best for baseball not lunch
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 10/10/2022
» A couple of weeks ago, Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, a cardiologist at the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, expressed concern on Facebook about a man in Sukhothai who hunted bats for consumption and also for sale.
Virus fears must not cloud the air
News, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2020
» As fears over the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak grip the entire country, the other gravely serious threats to health, such as the lingering ultra-fine PM2.5 dust in the North, seem to have slipped from the state's attention. This shouldn't be the case.
Cooperation vital to end haze crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2019
» More than a decade after fine dust particles known as PM2.5 emerged as a health threat in Chiang Mai, the province has started to embrace a new approach that opens the doors to cooperation between state and civic sectors to tackle the problem.
Smoggy North: Not only capital suffers
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2019
» A friend of mine in Chiang Mai recently lamented the double standards regarding the way in which the government and society has responded to the haze problem in the North.