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.
A Karen community in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district spent seven years challenging a coal mine approved without their knowledge, and won a court order freezing it. The final ruling is still pending.
A Bangkok court has ordered Thailand’s largest gold mine to compensate nearly 400 villagers for cyanide contamination, but the mine remains open and the legal battle is far from over.
Thailand’s government says a dam project in Yala is essential for flood prevention. But a group of locals who depend on the Pattani River argue the 60-year-old plan will destroy their ecosystem – and delivered that message directly to the deputy prime minister.
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.
The country's mangrove restoration efforts are being fueled by a new carbon credit scheme, but concerns are mounting over potential greenwashing by high-polluting companies.
After a decades-long battle, the Supreme Administrative Court has revoked the mining permit for Khao Khuha, returning the mountain in Songkhla province to the local community.