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Category: Thailand
Italian-Thai Development is in good health, CEO Premchai is not
Italian-Thai Development CEO Premchai Kanasutra has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to over 3 years in jail for poaching. Now officials at his company say operations will be unaffected.
Thailand plots sustainable comeback for Phi Phi’s ‘DiCaprio beach’
Now Thailand hopes to make Phi Phi the standard-bearer for a new, more sustainable model of tourism as the country reopens to visitors after the long Covid-19 shutdown.
CRACKDOWN ON ‘CHANA’ ENVIRONMENT RALLY SEEN AS BETRAYAL
A leader of the anti-Industrial-zone development project in Songkhla province accuses the government of not wanting to honour its agreements made last year to delay and carry out fair assessment on the proposed Chana Industrial Complex.
Investments in Eco-Friendly BCG on Upward Trend, Thailand BOI Says
Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) announced investment applications worth 128.4 billion baht for environmentally friendly activities classified as Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) in the first 9 months of 2021, confirming the acceleration of a trend seen in recent years
Cambodian activist monk fears jail if deported from Thailand
Bor Bet, an environmental campaigner and a vocal critic of premier Hun Sen, was arrested Wednesday night at a temple in Samut Prakan south of Bangkok.
$6 billion Laos-China railway on track to somewhere
The missing link is a connection through Thailand, which Bangkok does not seem in any rush to complete
Thailand will grow more mangrove forests to curb air pollution
In the meeting, the Prime Minister has ordered the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) to find suitable lands for mangrove forest planting, as the coastal forest can help prevent shoreline retreat while absorbing 3-4 times the volume of carbon dioxide.
Udon Thani poised to grow as hub of Greater Mekong region
A plan is afoot to transform Udon Thani into a hub of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said yesterday.