“I think the [ministry’s] response and [ministries] accusing each other shows there is no clear legal mechanism. I met with the Ministry of Interior’s secretary of state who said it was difficult to prevent [illegal logging].”
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Mall or park? In crowded Bangkok, ‘last’ open space stirs debate
Civic groups say the evictions and redevelopment plans mostly target poor communities who have no formal rights over the land.
UNDP & DanChurchAid helping drought proof Cambodia
Because more than three-quarters of Cambodia’s population relies primarily on subsistence agriculture, droughts and floods threaten to tip large numbers of people into poverty.
Mekong Delta farmers profit from breeding crabs amid mangroves
The pilot breeding shows that the mangrove crabs adapted to the forest environment and have a survival rate of more than 50 percent.
“Our land is collapsing around us’: Ayeyarwady at risk from rampant sand mining
Irresponsible sand mining is destroying the livelihoods of farmers and fishers and placing environmental stress on the nation’s rice bowl.
The fight to preserve the Khon Pi Luang rapids
China wants to further enhance the sense that is already growing–it is playing a dominating role in the Mekong below its own borders.
Thailand’s new forest policy hailed as a breakthrough
Maps guide way to end encroachment, leaving woodland dwellers in peace.
Govt urged to establish EPA, introduce clean-air legislation
Needs specific law comparable to the Clean Air Act in Britain and the US, as well as a central, independent agency directly focusing on keeping the environment clean, like the EPA in the US.