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20-ม.ค.-2555
Nearly 100 of the rare scaly anteaters, worth about £20,000, were found in a truck bound for Vietnam or China
20-ม.ค.-2555
Fishing cats have left their footprints here and there on the soft surface of a mangrove area in Sam Roi Yot National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan. The night hunter can walk for kilometres in search of food each day. Sadly, their wetland habitat is gradually being destroyed, while the number of cats has dramatically reduced in recent years.
20-ม.ค.-2555
Two hundred and thirty million years ago, the first crocodilians evolved from archosaurs or "ruling reptiles" during the mid-Triassic period of the Mesozoic era when primitive dinosaurs also roamed the planet. Crocodiles have changed little in body structure since then. Apart from birds, these reptiles are the only living archosaurs.
19-ม.ค.-2555
In 2007 Wetlands International, in partnership with Mangrove Action Project(MAP), applied for and received support from Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) to produce a demonstration site that showcased Ecological Mangrove Restoration techniques, in the Krabi River Estuary Ramsar site, southwest Thailand. Due to issues concerning site control there was a delay to the start of the work and a move from the intended village of Ban Talin Chan to the adjacent village of Ban Lang Da, both about 30km from Krabi town.
19-ม.ค.-2555
SANDAKAN MALAYSIA : Some of the 50 children from six Asian countries who spent five days at a camp here for the Wetland School Network (WSN) programme at the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), 24km from here, were in tears when they bade farewell to each other over the weekend.
Among them was a 12-year-old boy from China whose nickname was Roy.
In his farewell speech representing his country he said, “We are all a family and I’m sad today because we have to leave”.
19-ม.ค.-2555
Wetlands International Thailand Office and many partners celebrated World Wetlands Day 2011 and Ramsar’s 40th anniversary on 7 February 2011 at Ban Don Bay (Tha Chang District), Surat Thani Province, Southern Thailand. The activities of the celebrations included coastal and mangrove exhibitions, mangrove planting and restoration, the release of crab and fish, and a nature game. (Pictures)
Our Thailand Office also participated in a second World Wetlands Day 2011 celebration on 2-3 February 2011 at the Marruay Garden Hotel, Bangkok, which features an exhibit on wetlands conservation. The celebration is organized by the Thai Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP). (Pictures)
19-ม.ค.-2555
The Prime Minister officially announced on 5 July 2010 the establishment of the National Reform Committee. The committee has five missions as follows: 1) to develop strategies, approaches, guidelines and working processes for national reform, 2) to propose means of implementing national reform of government and the public sector, 3) to coordinate a National Reform Assembly to gather information, feedback and suggestions concerning national reform, 4) to work closely with the National Reform Assembly to support and monitor the effectiveness of reform, 5) to set up a task force to take action on particular issues.
19-ม.ค.-2555
Encouraging community networking was an important strategy for building participatory mangrove and coastal resource management capacity in the Ban Don Bay area. Working together as a network with efficient management helped to empower local communities to negotiate and find better ways to solve their problems. The Ban Don Bay fishing communities represented 7 districts that have been working together on coastal resource conservation and management for at least 7 years.
19-ม.ค.-2555
Wetlands International (WI), Surat Thani Office, organized a training course on “Mangrove Inventory” for community members in the Ban Don Bay Conservation Network, as part of a livelihoods development project inspired by the bio-rights concept. The objective of the course was to train key villagers on the principles and techniques of mangrove inventory and restoration monitoring, so that they could take that knowledge back to their own communities. Thirty-six community members attended the training. It was organized in collaboration with the Regional Mangrove Management Office no. 4, the Centre for Mangrove Extension Learning and Development no. 3, the Mangrove Management Unit 13 and 14, the Ban Don Bay Conservation Network (BDCN), and the Social and Environmental Health Project. The training was funded by the Health Fund, Thai Health Promotion Foundation.