The Den Chai-Chiang Khong project, valued at 72.9 billion baht, is made up of three construction contracts while the northeastern Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom route, worth 55.4 billion baht, has been split into two contracts.
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Green peafowl flourish in Thailand’s northern forests, but conflict looms
Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) are thought to occur across 16% of their former range in mainland Southeast Asia, confined to a handful of isolated forests by a legacy of forest habitat loss, overhunting, and conflict with humans.
Ministry tells Ming Dih Co to relocate following Monday’s massive explosion and fire
“If the company wants to resume operations, it will [have to relocate] to an industrial estate and follow the industrial rules.”
Artist highlights the scourge of plastic pollution
Visitors can interact by putting a capsule of plastic waste in a water tank. Each capsule has a different form of plastic found in everyday life as well as in the ocean. When a capsule of plastic waste is dropped into the tank, the water begins to move and flow, creating a whirlpool. The stronger the whirlpool, the greater the volume of that plastic waste in the sea.
How e-mobility can power Thailand to net zero
The first country in Southeast Asia to offer incentives to electric vehicle manufacturers and tax reductions on sales of their cars, Thailand is imagining itself as an electric vehicle hub.
New Unesco heritage bid for forest site
The country’s largest national park, Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, covers 2.9-million rai tacross Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan provinces, Designation has been rejected three times in part due to human rights violations against Karen villagers.
Fisheries Department bans 13 alien aquatic species in Thailand
Alien aquatic species have had extensive impacts on native species, said Mr. Chalermchai Suwanrat, deputy director-general of the Fisheries Department, citing the case of the Blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron), which slipped into some shrimp farms three years ago, causing extensive damage to the farms and native species.
Laos govt approves Bokeo-Boten expressway linking China, Thailand
The first stage of the 440km expressway has been been built. The contractor estimates it will take 10 years to build the next three sections from Vangvieng district in Vientiane province to the Chinese border in Luang Namtha province, at a cost of US$6 billion.
Thailand downgraded in US human trafficking report
“Smugglers, brokers, employers, and others exploit Thai and migrant workers in labour trafficking in commercial fishing and related industries, the poultry industry, manufacturing, agriculture, domestic work, and street begging,” the report said.
Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report
On the livelihoods side, there are examples from Laos, Liberia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria where intercropping with extra food crops, or agroforestry with other cash crops, improves food security and income.