Thailand’s proximity to China and Vietnam, the world’s two primary markets for pangolins, combined with its well-developed transportation infrastructure, have attracted criminal syndicates specializing in illegal wildlife trade to take root here.
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Thailand urged not to buy power from Lao dam
The Thai government must suspend plans to buy electricity from the Thai-built Xayaburi dam in Lao, conservationists said Friday, as water levels along the kingdom’s section of Mekong river plummet to near-record lows.
Will restricting numbers protect Thailand against excessive tourism?
By enacting measures to preserve natural and heritage sites, Thailand is stepping up efforts to protect its visitor attractions and promote sustainable tourism,
Thailand Has a Developing Economy and a Big First World Problem
But it’s Thailand that is breaking new, treacherous ground by becoming the first big country to get old before it’s had a chance to become prosperous.
Thailand’s plastic-filled seas claim another endangered turtle
An autopsy determined that the turtle died from eating garbage, including plastic bags, which turtles confuse for jellyfish.
Xayaburi Dam partly to blame for Mekong Basin crisis: activists
Activists say some of the blame for the severe water shortage in the Mekong River Basin lies with the Xayaburi hydropower dam in Laos.
Don grateful to China, Laos for opening Mekong dams
Thai Foreign Minister lauds China and Laos for releasing water from the Jinghong and Xayaburi dams to help relieve the drought crisis in the Mekong Basin.
Damming Isan’s last river for cash
The Songkhram River, the last river with a slight semblance of natural flow and connectivity with the Mekong River, is threatened by one of the least transparent bureaucracies, the Royal Irrigation Department.