1 - 10 of 22 results by "Apinya Wipatayotin"

  1. 1. news | 09 May 2013

    Pipeline system to wash away drought woes

    NORTHEAST

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Department of Groundwater Resources hopes to introduce a groundwater pipeline network covering 1,500 locations in the Northeast to cope with expected drought problems next year.

  2. 2. 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 ...

  3. 3. news | 06 May 2013

    WHC seeks explanation for rise in phayung logging

    CONSERVATION

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is demanding a response to reports of widespread illegal phayung logging in Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex.

  4. 4. 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.

  5. 5. news | 01 May 2013

    RID surpasses dry season irrigation target

    WATER MANAGEMENT

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is claiming success for this year's dry season after providing water to nearly 18 million rai of farmland over the six-month period.

  6. 6. news | 30 Apr 2013

    DWR unveils strategy to ease droughts in Northeast

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to launch 19 water management pilot projects to solve water shortages in the Northeast.

  7. 7. news | 29 Apr 2013

    Unmanned plane to help in jumbo hunt

    WILDLIFE

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » Officials will install 20 cameras and use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to locate a pachyderm which officials believe might be a baby white elephant.

  8. 8. news | 25 Apr 2013

    Park boosts rangers to guard 'white elephant'

    WILDLIFE

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » PHETCHABURI : Additional rangers have been deployed to Kaeng Krachan National Park amid fears poachers may be hunting a rumoured white elephant calf.

  9. 9. news | 23 Apr 2013

    Govt clean air push targets crematoriums

    ENVIRONMENT

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will join City Hall in an effort to cut air pollution emissions from crematoriums at Bangkok temples.

  10. 10. news | 21 Apr 2013

    Water diversion project under fire

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » Activists have voiced their opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's plan to divert water from the Salween and Mekong rivers to feed the water-starved Northeast. The proposed projects are not the ri...

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