1 - 10 of 63 results for "forest conservation"

  1. 1. news | 02 May 2013

    Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF

    By AFP

    » Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday.

  2. 2. news | 11 Apr 2013

    Senators back plan to merge forest, parks departments

    NATURAL RESOURCES

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Royal Forest Department and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation are expected to merge within a year, after senators on Tuesday passed a motion to support the move.

  3. 3. learning | 03 Jun 2010

    Bayer and friends teach conservation

    Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between t...

  4. 4. learning | 01 Jun 2010

    Bayer and friends teach conservation

    By Purich Trivitayakhun, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between t...

  5. 5. news | 05 May 2013

    Forest Department targets encroachers

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Royal Forest Department will next month launch a massive crackdown on landlords with large-scale properties that encroach on protected forest areas.

  6. 6. news | 08 May 2013

    High demand for 'phayung' threatens protected forests

    ILLEGAL LOGGING

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » Authorities are doing their best to combat the illegal logging of phayung trees in the Khao Yai-Dong Phayayen Forest Complex, but high demand for the wood has made it impossible to stamp out the activity, the Department ...

  7. 7. learning | 16 Jul 2012

    Shootout in Chiang Rai forest

    About crime & drug smuggling

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Drug smugglers killed in gunfight as they pass through forest from Burma to Thailand near Maesai.

  8. 8. news | 02 Apr 2013

    RFD sets encroachment goal

    FORESTRY

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Royal Forest Department has announced a zero-encroachment target in forest reserves nationwide.

  9. 9. opinion | 17 May 2013

    Pmove offers us solutions

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » When Yingluck Shinawatra made her policy announcements as the government took office two years ago, she made several promises to the landless movement. They included the setting up of a land bank to help the landless, is...

  10. 10. learning | 20 Aug 2012

    Massive effort to douse forest fires sees progress

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Short-term, the forest fires ravaging parts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province should be under control within days. Longer-term, the situation is less clear.

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