Environmental and biodiversity protection

In 2014, several indigenous communities in the Mekong started recording their stories and legends with the help of a group of researchers who are exploring how these narratives can help exposing the destructive impact of large-scale projects in the region.The Mekong is one of Asia’s ...

The world is so interconnected, so changes imposed on the environment in Thailand – and the value Thais attach to ecology – cannot be viewed separately from what’s happening elsewhere.The past year has seen an increasing number of environmental issues arise in Thailand that demonstrated ...

A recent report by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature showed that between 1970 and 2014 the vertebrate population declined by an average of 60 percent. While this was mostly due to habitat loss, the illegal trade in wildlife—whether rhino horn, tiger bone, or animals ...

The RID’s sluice gate against sea-water intrusion is being introduced on Pak Pra canal without Residents’ knowledge, posing threat livelihoods and their self-sufficient economy as much as the lake ecosystems.“Lom Nok”, or the seasonal easterly wind, has started to blow inland, signalling 64-year-old farmer Samruay ...

Three-year-olds Shizuka and Nobita are no longer frightened and stressed. They no longer tremble and hug one another tightly as they did upon first arriving at the Khao Prathap Chang Wildlife Breeding Centre in Ratchaburi province a few years ago. Instead, the pair play separately, ...

The special report includes;– Law enforcement and prosecution seen improved over the years, but still one step behind trafficking– Wildlife trafficking– Global effort and,– Prosecution overhaulKeep reading ...

Some 100 members of a Lam Say Bai canal conservation group and allies on Wednesday (Sep 19) filed a petition urging Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to call off the construction of a 61-megawatt biomass power plant in Tambon Nam Pleek of Amnat Charoen’s Muang ...

The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department is exploring opportunities to work with its partners in neighbouring countries to step up efforts to protect national parks with transboundary features.The department has invited forestry officials from Laos to join the two-day workshop on transboundary protected ...

“At the heart of the success of wildlife conservation is the forest. With healthy forests and habitats, wild animals can survive. Such a principle is easily comprehensible even by those who do not have much knowledge.”Phong Leng-ei in his 80s still recalled vividly the principles ...

Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) hosts a workshop between Thailand and Cambodia on Protected areas and Trans-boundary Biodiversity Conservation Landscape management. Keep reading ...