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Cambodia told to evacuate its citizens from Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province
Online Reporters, Published on 29/09/2025
» Authorities in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province on Monday gave Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia eight days to submit a plan for evacuating Cambodians from two areas claimed as Thai territory.
Locals bewildered as fertile forests carved up
Apinya Wipatayotin and Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/02/2024
» Kittisak Prompinij, a community leader in Ban Heo Pla Kang, Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Chong district, said he was puzzled why a group of non-residents could be allocated fertile forest area from Khao Yai National Park under the Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform scheme, when locals had missed out for years.
Carbon credit plan meets flak
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 19/09/2022
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's effort to fight climate change by using carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems as natural carbon sinks is getting a lot of flak.
Forestry officials take legal action against Hmong on Phetchabun mountain
Sunthorn Kongvarakhom, Published on 14/09/2022
» PHETCHABUN: Local forestry officials on Wednesday asked police to take legal action against the Hmong people who blocked them from exiting a resort hotel that allegedly encroached on Phu Thap Boek mountain - while authorities questioned why they had previously turned a blind eye to the matter.
Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/04/2022
» The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted by a criminal court of the allegation.
Heat rising on environmental problems
News, Published on 30/12/2021
» When it comes to ecological and climate-change issues, pressure is intensifying for solutions. Pratch Rujivanarom recalls five significant events which grabbed headlines this year.
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.
Illegal Myanmar migrants caught in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/05/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Officials have arrested 14 illegal migrants and a Thai smuggler in Thong Pha Phum district before they travelled farther to Bangkok and several other provinces deeper in the country.
Feeding the beast: Chiang Mai smoke seen as world's climate change problem
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 22/04/2021
» As Earth Day dawns, Chiang Mai is breathing more easily. It's been one of the worst-ever smoke seasons in the Rose of the North, with the city winning the accolade of "most polluted city on the planet" on multiple days, but the dust has settled for now.
Thanathorn, family accused of vast forest encroachment
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2021
» The Royal Forest Department on Thursday accused political activist Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, his mother and his younger sister of illegally occupying more than 2,000 rai of forest reserve land in Ratchaburi province.