Efforts to protect tigers in the DTL highlight the need for cross-border efforts to maintain ecosystem connectivity.
Category: Thailand
Indigenous villagers in Thailand reclaim land, prompting threats from officials
An indigenous Karen community in Thailand has returned to their land in a national park years after being forcibly evicted and seeing their homes burned by authorities — as the Thai government threatens to remove the villagers once again and prosecute them.
Haze to shroud capital until next week
Over 10,000 hotspots are detected in the Lower Mekong region annually, as farmers engage in open burning to prepare their land for the harvest and re-planting of maize, sugar and rice,
‘Interceptor’ to filter river debris
“This innovation should help curb the volume of free-floating rubbish before it actually gets washed out into the ocean, mitigating the impact of marine debris on endangered marine creatures and coastal marine ecosystems,”
On the banks of Thailand’s Mun River, villages are struggling to survive in the shadow of the dams
Raiwan Anan-uea, 48, recalls a simple and happy adolescence in the district of Rasi Salai, where a dozen villages shared the abundant resources available in this remote corner of Isan (north-eastern) Thailand. “All year round we could grow rice, beans, cucumbers and potatoes. We could pick bamboo, catch catfish and water snails, cultivate honey, graze […]
Giving local rivers a voice
Activist Pianporn “Pai” Deetes’ fight against the planned construction of dams along the lower stretches of the Mekong River by the Chinese government is a David-versus-Goliath story.
Thailand challenges Laos dam building spree on Mekong River
Thailand has threatened to sink plans for a Chinese-developed dam planned for the Mekong River in neighboring Laos, in a rare rebuke that hints at a rising tide of dissension in an area where all three countries share Southeast Asia’s largest waterway.
The guardians of Siamese rosewood
For Siamese rosewood, all roads eventually lead to China, Redford says, where some see the wood as an investment commodity.
The impact of local climate adaptation – and why it is important for all of us
Rice-producing and storm-vulnerable Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia, for instance, are potential “risk exporters” to countries like Singapore that depend heavily on their harvests,
Ko Panyi: A Muslim Floating Village in Thailand
Ko Panyi is far from representing a utopian future but still presents an alternative way of living in a community, respecting, and understanding nature as it is. It is an example that encourages us to realize how much we have to learn from different forms of settlements other than the stereotypical pattern that prevails today.