The grim news from the IQ AirVisual air monitoring website came as authorities revealed that the situation had caused 30,000 people to go to hospital because of respiratory illnesses over the last three months.
Category: Thailand
Civic groups issue demands on forest land dispute
They want Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa to stop making himself a party to the conflict between ethnic Karen villagers and state authorities over land the villagers are occupying in the park.
Dams Blamed for One Meter Water Levels on Lower Mekong River
Officials said the river level is dropping faster than in recent years due to the construction of dams in neighbouring Laos and low rainfall in catchment areas.
Women bear highest cost of injustice
A large number of women in Thailand, like Soithip, have been evicted from their ancestral homes in the name of “conservation”. Villagers who have been living and farming in areas subsequently designated national parks, are having their rights and customary practices curtailed. In the case of Bang Kloi, officials burned down their houses and rice barns in 2011 to force them to relocate.
Too late to save Klity Creek
No matter how big the state’s cleanup effort now, it cannot take the waterway back to its prior unspoiled state, though a polluter-pays policy would have helped
Karen forest dwellers nabbed
Ten Karen villagers who returned to their land at Bang Kloi-Jai Paen Din inside Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park have been arrested, according to a human rights lawyer.
Water levels of Mekong river in crisis, says GISTDA
The satellite image shows the water level of the Mekong River this year is much lower than in 2019, sandbars are exposed, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
Power a priority to cope with Thai EEC demands
“In the next four to five years, old power plants will need to be removed from the 4,000-5,000MW system, with the expanding economy increasing demand for electricity. Therefore, all parties have to accelerate the planning of sufficient power generation capacity.”
Forest dictatorship at Kaeng Krachan
“Enough of your lies, cheating and violence. Enough of our hunger and loss of dignity from forced resettlement. Enough of threats and intimidation. We are going home for good.”
Klity Creek lead cleanup stumbles
Long-running environmental saga no closer to a happy resolution