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Klity creek on edge over new mine study
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 26/05/2013
» A feasibility study into old mines in Kanchanaburi has raised fears among villagers, still struggling with the Klity Creek disaster, that they will be reopened...
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Power play draws flak from experts
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 14/04/2013
» The public was thrown into a panic in February when Energy Minister Pongsak Rattapongpaisal said a power crisis was likely over the Songkran holidays. He attributed...
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Elephant slaughter: The gangs get bold
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 05/05/2013
» In early March, Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn was outraged to learn of another elephant killing in the area he oversees. A female...
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Pmove must fight much harder to win the good fight
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/05/2013
» Their plight represents what the poor suffer after decades of unfair development. Their protests used to grab headlines and shake the stability of governments....
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When a ranger falls in the forest
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 31/03/2013
» On the evening of March 14 in the deep forest of Pang Sida National Park, a ranger was shot dead in an encounter with a group transporting illegally logged Siamese...
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Terraces to a new beginning
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 17/02/2013
» 'Well.'' Krathong Chokewibool stopped short, before continuing. ''It's better, I guess.''
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DiCaprio blasts Thai ivory sales
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 20/02/2013
» Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has urged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to ban every type of ivory trade.
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A mother's wait, a daughter's hell
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 24/02/2013
» A short time after her seven-year-old daughter was abducted from an orange grove her Karen mother _ who was working illegally in Thailand with her husband _ went...
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Lab leads charge in smuggling struggle
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 10/03/2013
» As organised wildlife smuggling syndicates adopt advanced tactics to evade police, authorities say the latest forensic technology has helped put officers back...
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Killing the ivory trade
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 17/03/2013
» The 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), showed its teeth by coming up with a concrete...