Category: Thailand
Beyond the tipping point: The political inversion layer fueling Thailand’s air pollution crisis
Downplaying public health threats and allowing conflicts of interest to overshadow meaningful solutions.
Hill farmers swap opium for coffee
“We had nothing, and no hope. With the project, I got rid of my opium addiction, received citizenship, got land and work, and ensured that my children had better lives than me.”
Don’t poke the nest
Activists from the Sa-iab Village in northern Thailand have successfully campaigned against the construction of a dam for three decades. With hydropower dams springing up across Asia, what can local communities learn from their struggle?
Conserving wildlife key to tropical forests’ carbon storage
A new study out of Thailand shows that a decrease in the fruit-eating animals that disperse tree seeds leads to a reduction in carbon storage in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.