Category: Thailand
COVID-19 has positive impact on Thailand’s ecosystem
It provides time for many tourist destinations to recover. The amount of garbage, including discarded face masks and plastic waste however, has increased exponentially.
Six years after rights activist Billy disappeared, justice remains elusive
At the time of his enforced disappearance, Billy, a Karen environmental and community rights defender, was in Kaeng Krachan Park to challenge human rights violations against Karen people.
Thailand Proposes Joint Study with China, Neighbors on Mekong River Drought
Thailand on Friday called for a joint study with China and neighboring countries to determine what caused a devastating drought in the Lower Mekong Basin last year, after a U.S.-funded report indicated that Chinese dams had restricted the flow of water downstream.
Forest fires rage in northern Thailand
He added that the subsistence farmers have yet to start their burning season this year, and are not the culprits of the current forest fires.
China’s drain on Mekong
Nobody will buy China’s defence as long as it offers no transparency on its use of Mekong water upstream.
Climate Smart Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions in Agricultural Sector – Flood Hazard, Practitioner’s Guidebook 2019
The present study explores the consequences of extreme events in Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These three countries are subject to frequent natural disasters, especially floods and droughts.
Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
“We cannot just sit around and wait for China to say when they are releasing the water from their dams; Mekong countries need to have a say on this too.”