Six years after a landmark pesticide ban, Thailand’s farming system is still built around chemical dependency. Campaigners say the country solved a scandal, not the system behind it.
Thailand is counting on forests to help meet its climate goals by offsetting emissions it can’t yet cut. But it can take years to know if a newly planted forest survives. One flagship project shows what can go wrong first.
What began as a contamination crisis on a northern tributary has reached the Mekong’s northeastern stretch, with lab results now confirming heavy metals in deformed fish hundreds of kilometres downstream.
The rivers that sustained life in Thailand’s northern borderlands for generations are now carrying poison – the byproduct of a mining boom feeding the world’s appetite for tech products.
Despite ideal solar conditions and plummeting technology costs, government policy discourages household installations. Now civil society groups are testing whether grassroots organising can fill the gap.
Thailand made headlines this year as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Now intersex and non-binary advocates are pushing for the next frontier: legal recognition for people who challenge the very notion of binary gender.
Things turned decidedly fishy in Bangkok when hundreds of fish farmers unloaded piles of invasive blackchin tilapia at Government House, demanding officials face the slippery crisis that’s decimating their livelihoods.
Year after year, Ayutthaya tackles floods to safeguard the capital. Now, its residents are calling to have a say in Thailand’s flood management.
Coastal communities battle an unwelcome guest that poses a serious threat to biodiversity, the livelihoods of local fishers and the seafood industry.
Six years after a landmark pesticide ban, Thailand’s farming system is still built around chemical dependency. Campaigners say the country solved a scandal, not the system behind it.
Thailand is counting on forests to help meet its climate goals by offsetting emissions it can’t yet cut. But it can take years to know if a newly planted forest survives. One flagship project shows what can go wrong first.
What began as a contamination crisis on a northern tributary has reached the Mekong’s northeastern stretch, with lab results now confirming heavy metals in deformed fish hundreds of kilometres downstream.
The rivers that sustained life in Thailand’s northern borderlands for generations are now carrying poison – the byproduct of a mining boom feeding the world’s appetite for tech products.
Despite ideal solar conditions and plummeting technology costs, government policy discourages household installations. Now civil society groups are testing whether grassroots organising can fill the gap.
Thailand made headlines this year as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Now intersex and non-binary advocates are pushing for the next frontier: legal recognition for people who challenge the very notion of binary gender.
Things turned decidedly fishy in Bangkok when hundreds of fish farmers unloaded piles of invasive blackchin tilapia at Government House, demanding officials face the slippery crisis that’s decimating their livelihoods.
Year after year, Ayutthaya tackles floods to safeguard the capital. Now, its residents are calling to have a say in Thailand’s flood management.
Coastal communities battle an unwelcome guest that poses a serious threat to biodiversity, the livelihoods of local fishers and the seafood industry.
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