Category: Thailand
Banking on the sea
By December 2019, crews from 45 trawlers were participating in the release programme in Thailand’s Surat Thani Province alone – with over 4,000 berried female crabs returned to the sea to spawn.
Endangered elephants reclaim national park as lockdown allows them to roam freely
Without jeeps and crowds, some 300 elephants have been able to walk around Khao Yai, Thailand’s oldest national park.
Thai NGOs Urge Government Not to Buy Power from Sanakham Dam in Laos
A dam planned for construction by Laos on the Mekong river will have negative impacts not only on Lao villages but also in nearby Thailand, a coalition of Thai environmental groups say.
Coronavirus turns Teflon Thailand’s wealth gap into a economic chasm
As Covid-19 eats into exports and tourism, the gap between rich and poor in one of the world’s most unequal countries is only getting wider.
Saving kingdom’s tigers
There are roughly 200 tigers in the wild and the kingdom is committed to increasing that number to 300 in the coming years.
Chemical ban now in effect, farmers say they have few alternatives
Secretary-general of the Federation of Safe Agriculture Sukan Sungwanna says that around 10 million farming households in Thailand use the chemicals.
Bangkok governor warns of flood threat from mounting garbage in canals
If the garbage blocks the pipes and the tunnels, Bangkok will not be able to drain water during floods in the rainy season.