Category: Thailand
Activist network slams Chao Phraya promenade project
Thirty-five groups had come together under the umbrella of the River Assembly and believed that if allowed to go ahead as planned the promenade would cause irreparable damage to the country,
These villages in Thailand are part of the global economy.
Her condition for spending part of each year in the region was an official commitment to revive forests devastated by the slash-and-burn cultivation of opium poppies and to give its people other sources of income.
Alarm over drastic drop in Thai dam levels
The low level of useable water in the Thailand’s four major dams have raised concerns over the likelihood of serious, widespread droughts during the dry season next year.
Mekong ‘cash machine’ needs an overhaul
So far Thailand country has refused to acknowledge its responsibility for causing massive ecological damage to the ecosystem and deal with serious consequences suffered by people downstream.
Thai chemicals’ ban derailed by ‘4 forces’
The reversal was the result of a joint effort by a Thai animal-feed producer, a group of herbicide producers, and two political parties in collusion with US entities.
Illicit trade of otters via social networking on the rise
In Thailand, one of the supply nations of the otters, unauthorized trading and possession of the fish-eating mammals is banned, but demand for them as pets remains strong.
New committee postpones Thai toxic chemicals ban
The new National Committee on Hazardous Substances on Wednesday decided to lift the scheduled ban on the herbicide glyphosate and delay the ban on the herbicide paraquat and pesticide chlorpyrifos for six months.