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Princess says to produce wider range of food to improve nutrition
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has pointed out the need for an holistic approach in eradicating hunger and malnutrition in all its forms and called for greater agricultural diversity. Keep reading ...
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Impact on Krabi’s economy minimal
An analysis from SCB’s Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC) has suggested that the closure of paradise Maya Bay would affect Maya Bay’s revenue from tourism this year by only 6 percent.Keep reading ...
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Vendors rubbish criticism of Mae Klong fresh market
Vendors at Mae Klong, also known as Rom Hup – one of Thailand’s landmark markets – have defended its character and surroundings after coming under criticism in online posts. They have spoken up in defense of this world-famous place after several foreigners made critical comments ...
Kachorn Phonimthai
Experts remain divided on definition of ‘forest’
Forest experts and officials are trying to redefine “forest”, in an attempt to improve forest management in the country amid a variety of definitions applied for different government plans and policies, leading to frustration and lack of unity among concerned authorities.Keep reading ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Pact calls for talks before major Mekong projects
Leaders of the lower Mekong basin countries – Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam – agreed yesterday (April,4) to continue implementing rules and procedures for water use under the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in order to regulate controversial projects on Southeast Asia’s longest river.Keep reading ...
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Universities to create ‘innovation hubs’ to push technology surge
The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) is taking concrete steps to implement its Innovation Hubs policy. The policy has sought to ensure CUPT universities double as the bases for innovative product and service development. Some such innovations, reflecting the values of the policy, ...
Rachanon Charoonsak
Chiang Rai forestry official fired over illegal logging
A temporary Royal Forestry Department official in Chiang Rai has been sacked for allegedly helping illegal loggers transport timber near the Mekong River. More than 20 logs and at least 100 processed planks were trucked to the department’s Forest Protection Unit in Chiang Saen district ...
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Mekong River conference hears of determination to work with LMC
The china-led international organisation for transboundary water management in Mekong River Basin, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), has pledged to work with its counterpart, the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which regulates the lower portion of Southeast Asia’s longest river, to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Mekong River dams ‘will harm food security’
Study claims hydropower development will also increase poverty in the region. Hydropower development on the Mekong River will aggravate food insecurity and poverty in the region and reverse the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a study says.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
University promotes better masks to combat air pollution scourge
Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Medicine yesterday (April, 2) handed out a more protective type of face mask, the N95, to help its staff cope with serious air pollution. The distribution of 6,000 N95 masks was aimed at raising public awareness of the problem and ...
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