Before the Unesco decision came on Monday, the “Save Bang Kloi” network went to the Natural Resources and the Environment Ministry in Bangkok. It held the “World Heritage, Blood Heritage” activity and read a statement against the listing, citing at least two deaths of its campaigners. They subsequently threw red paint on the nameplate of the ministry.
Category: Thailand
Forest evades WHC ‘in danger’ status
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex has been spared from being put on the World Heritage in danger list. However, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) has asked Thailand to comply with recommendations made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at its July 23 meeting and refrain from building new dams in the forest complex.
Thailand launches wildlife campaign against ivory and tiger products
The wildlife trade monitoring network (TRAFFIC), Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the United Nations Development Program have jointly launched the ‘Mercy is Power’ campaign to fight the buying and owning of ivory and tiger amulets, ahead of World Tiger Day on 29 July 2021.
National park or treasure?
This national park has been marred with notorious reports of conflicts between state park officials who resorted to heavy-handed measures to evict indigenous Karen villagers from the forest where they had settled for more than a century.
Are we destroyers or creators?
The show, running at Warin Lab Contemporary Gallery from today until Sept 15, presents a hypothesis of the root cause of the air pollution issue, brought on by forest fires, in northern Thailand.
Gas-fired plant to get the nod
Government agencies are set to approve a 1,400-megawatt gas-fired power plant project in Surat Thani this year, replacing two highly contentious coal-fired power plant projects in the southern region.
New analysis reveals global distribution of toxic pollution and climate change
Based on their analysis, the authors went on to create a “Target” list of top-ten countries that could provide maximum returns on any investment for risk reduction based on their risk as well as their structural capacity to enact changes (respectively: Singapore, Rwanda, China, India, Solomon Islands, Bhutan, Botswana, Georgia, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand).
How changemakers in Bangkok are popularising the circular economy
To provide alternatives to single-use plastic (SUP), our hub kicked off a special project to map start-ups in Thailand offering working solutions to SUP in the food sector. We compiled 30 Thailand-based startups that provide circular alternatives to SUP, partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (through its SUP-prevention project CAP SEA), Thailand Environment Institute (TEI), and Öko Institut e.V. (a leading research organisation).
Karen seek to torpedo Kaeng Krachan world heritage bid
Karen people living in Bang Kloy village in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan district have urged the UN’s cultural body not to consider the government’s proposal to register Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex as a new world heritage site.
Thailand’s Community Forest Act: Analysis of the legal framework and recommendations
This assessment is the first of its kind. It fills in a legal analysis gap in Thailand’s forestry sector for policymakers, civil society organizations and local communities living in and near forests.