Ministry pursues Phuket land recovery The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has stepped up efforts to recover 25 rai of protected land in Sirinat National Park in Phuket's Thalang district. Bangkok Post · Jul 11
Historic operation returns almost 1,000 trafficked animals to Madagascar Inside an international operation to repatriate endangered lemurs and tortoises trafficked from Madagascar to Thailand. Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2024
All choked up on bad air A white mask looked dusty and had turned grey as if it had been left in a dustbin when in fact it had been worn for just one day by a resident in Lampang. Bangkok Post · Feb 18, 2023
PPRP pledges title deed conversion for poor farmers The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) is promising to give title deeds to Sor Por Kor landholders in a bid to alleviate poverty in rural areas, according to PPRP MP for Phayao, Thamanat Prompow on Monday. Bangkok Post · Feb 13, 2023
PM orders National Parks chief moved to facilitate graft probe The prime minister signed an order shunting the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation chief to an inactive post at the PM’s Office on Wednesday, to facilitate the investigation into the top official’s alleged demands for huge bribes. Bangkok Post · Dec 28, 2022
‘Dying of boredom’: the fight to release Thailand’s shopping mall gorilla Bua Noi has spent decades in a cage in a decaying Bangkok shopping mall. Her owner says is she too old to be transferred to a sanctuary but activists disagree The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022
Shopping mall fails to release Bangkok's ageing gorilla who could die any moment Bua Noi (Little Lotus) has spent more than 30 years in a concrete cage at the private Pata zoo which is on the seventh floor of a Bangkok shopping centre in Thailand Daily Mirror · Oct 27, 2022
Pata Zoo denies gorilla 'Bua Noi' is for sale Pata Zoo has denied there is any deal to sell the country’s last gorilla, Bua Noi, for 30 million baht so that she can be relocated to Germany, saying its management never thought of putting a price on the cherished animal to gain profits. Bangkok Post · Oct 22, 2022
Mall zoo prices Thailand's last caged gorilla at B30m The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans fund-raising events to buy the country's last gorilla, held caged at a shopping mall in Bangkok that has put the price at 30 million baht. Bangkok Post · Oct 21, 2022
Carbon credit plan meets flak The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's effort to fight climate change by using carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems as natural carbon sinks is getting a lot of flak. Bangkok Post · Sep 18, 2022
Netflix seen as a partner to help promote Thai tourism The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to partner with Netflix to promote the tourism industry as a soft power tool to stimulate the country's economy during the post-pandemic period. Bangkok Post · Apr 29, 2022
SPRC takes flak over second oil slick The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has criticised Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) for ignoring a command to halt work and causing a second leakage of crude oil in Rayong province within two weeks of the first spill on Jan 25. Bangkok Post · Feb 11, 2022