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PTT president thought slick under control
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 02/08/2013
» PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) president Bowon Vongsinudom has admitted he wrongly believed the oil spill off Rayong was under control when he inspected the...
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Panel gears up to push legal cases against encroaching forest resorts
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 18/08/2013
» Renewed efforts are under way by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to tackle the problem of resorts encroaching on protected forest areas after...
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Study links foreign homelessness to divorce
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 25/08/2013
» Not all cross-cultural marriages between rural Thai women and foreigners are doomed to divorce, as one academic's comprehensive study has found that these women's...
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Seeds of hope in forest fight
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 14/07/2013
» Thap Lan National Park chief Taywin Meesap guides a team of rangers to a plot showing some signs of progress in the battle to win back land lost to forest encroachment....
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Ranger benefits get a boost
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 01/08/2013
» The National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Department will beef up training and social security for park rangers in the face of increasing poaching...
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Clock ticks for parks to keep promises
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 02/06/2013
» Officials in charge of overseeing the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex are scrambling to come up with a plan to stave off a potential downgrade by Unesco's...
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Compromised solution won't win the day against forest encroachers
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 09/06/2013
» This month marks the two-year anniversary of the start of an unprecedented crackdown on forest encroachment by large resort developments in Thap Lan National...
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Killed for luck _ the sick new twist in big game poaching
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 16/06/2013
» Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, head of Kaeng Krachan National Park, thought he'd heard it all, until a convicted poacher told him the going rate for an elephant's...
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White elephants: A shade of distinction in royal Thai tradition
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 23/06/2013
» In the morning mist behind a small village in Tak's Umphang National Park, a 30-year-old elephant emerged and walked towards a group of people eager to see if...
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Park rangers train sights on logging gang targets
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 07/07/2013
» Senior park ranger Chatchai Laikrathok successfully finished his shooting training course yesterday _ most of his bullets, however, failed to hit their paper...