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Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam cite concerns over Pak Lay dam project in Laos
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has raised concerns with Laos over the Pak Lay hydropower dam on the Mekong River.While Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam have accepted a prior agreement on the proposed 770 megawatt hydropower project in Laos’ Xayaboury Province, they have jointly released the ...
The Nation Reporter
Battle against forest fires continues as pollution levels rise
Residents in many parts of the upper northern Thailand continued to suffer dangerous levels of air pollution on Thursday, while officials and volunteers battled forest fires.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Northern fires killing off wildlife, protected plants
Beyond the harm done to human health by the North’s smouldering blanket of forest fires, concern has arisen for wildlife and rare plants on the slopes of Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai. The mountain is protected as the only locale in Thailand where “sub-alpine ...
Sakaorat Sirima
Sluggish exports a worry
The global economic slowdown, the prolonged US-China trade war, lack of clarity on Britain’s exit from the EU and trade sanctions from other countries have led to Thai exports failing to achieve their target in the first quarter of the year, the Thai National Shippers’ ...
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Protecting the rights of Thailand’s ‘third gender’
The annual military drafts are being held around the country until April 12 and members of the Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights are also on a mission to provide transgender with all the information they need to prepare for the occasion.Keep reading ...
Chularat Saengpassa
UN defers move to lift cannabis from world narcotics list
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will decide next year on whether cannabis should be removed from the global list of narcotics, though the World Health Organisation (WHO) had proposed earlier this year that it be removed from the list.Keep reading ...
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Enough water but use wisely: irrigation chief
Chief of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), Thongplew Kongchan, said yesterday that areas under the RID irrigated zones will not run short of water despite the El Nino effect, which is expected to prolong the dry season. “The water we currently have is sufficient for ...
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Where the smoke is coming from
The haze is coming mainly from forest fires and farm-clearing fires raging across the North as well as in neighbouring countries.Satellite images show 1,151 fire hotspots in the North, mostly in forests.Most are in Mae Hong Son, with 407, while Chiang Mai has 193, Chiang ...
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Asean finance ministers shrug off pollution to focus on regional agenda
Thailand will not cancel the 23rd Asean Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai this week despite that province and others in the North being in the grip of severe air pollution for several consecutive days, an official at the Finance Ministry said.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
REPORT: Sustainable solution sought to human-elephant conflict
Fah Sai was only a month old when veterinarians from the National Parks Department found her trapped in a snare set on the edge of the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary in Rayong province in mid December.Keep reading ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
