- 13 November 2023
For resisting a gold mine that poisoned their lands, a community in northeastern Thailand was lionised by the press as an example of a David-versus-Goliath fight. But years later, the villagers are still struggling to revive the lands – now without the compensation that they were lawfully entitled to.
- by Bampen Chaiyarak
- 12 min read
- 25 October 2023
Amid mounting concerns over the credibility of Environmental Impact Assessments in Thailand, a coalition of communities in four northern river basins has filed a lawsuit against the massive Yuam water diversion project.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 3 min read
- 29 September 2023
Four park rangers have been acquitted, while the former national park chief is sentenced to prison in connection with the disappearance of the prominent Karen activist, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. For the family, the quest for justice continues.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 3 min read
- Environmental Justice, News
- September 20, 2023
- by Asaree Thaitrakulpanich
- Environmental Justice, News
- September 12, 2023
- by Teeranai Charuvastra
- Environmental Justice, News
- August 31, 2023
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- Environmental Justice, News
- June 15, 2023
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- Environmental Justice, Natural Resources
- April 29, 2023
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- Land Rights, News
- April 27, 2023
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 5 April 2023
- NEWS
As Thailand’s largest gold mine reopens, affected locals await justice in this year’s class action lawsuit.
- by HaRDstories
- 2 min read
- 14 March 2023
- NEWS
A Thai court has ruled that a local provision allowing for the construction of a waste-to-energy plant near a Saraburi community does not violate the law, despite concerns from local residents.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 2 min read
- 10 March 2023
- FEATURE
As the Mekong River struggles with the devastating effects of upstream hydropower dams, river communities and scholars are leading a movement to shift our relationship with nature.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 11 min read
- 20 February 2023
- NEWS
After three decades of conflict and four killings in the struggle to stop a stone mining company from excavating a local mountain, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favour of the Khao Lao Yai - Pha Chan Dai Community Forest Conservation Group.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 2 min read
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- NEWS
On 13 January 2023, the Pollution-Free EARTH, a pollution watchdog group in Thailand, reported on the first public hearing for a newly proposed waste-to-energy plant near a Muslim community in Tha Bun Mi, Koh Chan district, Chonburi...
- by HaRDstories
- 2 min read
- 22 December 2022
- NEWS
SURAT THANI - According to a report by the Southern Peasants' Federation of Thailand (SPFT), government officials have been trying to intimidate a community of landless farmers in Surat Thani province several times over the past year.
- by HaRDstories
- 2 min read
- 13 December 2022
- NEWS
Today, the Rayong Provincial Court ruled that residents of Nong Pawa, a small rural village several hours east of Bangkok, receive substantial compensation for the impacts caused by hazardous chemicals which leaked from a nearby recycling company...
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 1 min read
- 7 December 2022
The Mekong is changing rapidly due to a series of infrastructure projects that turned the river into an international political battleground. One woman is determined to make a change from the ground to save the “bloodline” of millions of people.
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 9 min read
- 6 December 2022
- NEWS
Lamom Bunyong lives only 15 kilometres from Map Ta Phut Industrial Port, Thailand's largest petrochemical industrial zone. Now in his seventies, he has seen how the industry changed his hometown's fishing community...
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 1 min read
- 14 November 2022
- NEWS
74 Thai Civil Society Organisations united under the network ‘Ratsadon #StopAPEC2022’ made a statement announcing their opposition to the upcoming 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC) held between 16-18 November...
- by Nicha Wachpanich
- 2 min read
