Communities in Thailand and beyond are learning to organize to demand that dam construction consider their rights.
Category: Thailand
Finn leads charge in Thailand to reduce, reuse, and recycle
“We want to challenge the current situation and create a society that maintains the value of materials. We need a better economic system from environmental and economic points of view.”
Egat talks power trade with Cambodia, Myanmar
Thailand’s power supply has a large surplus with installed capacity of 44,000MW and peak demand is 32,000MW, leaving “plenty of room” to trade power to neighbouring countries.
Thailand’s critically endangered dugongs keep dying
Fishing nets to blame for most of the 21 dugongs so far found dead in Thai waters this year. The reflect about 10 percent of the estimated entire dugong population of the country.
Revised forecast puts Bangkok underwater by 2050
In Thailand, more than 10% of citizens now live on land that is likely to be inundated by 2050, compared with just 1% according to the earlier technique.