Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

8 Sep 2023
On Monday (4 September), members of indigenous communities in Lampang marched to the Ngao District Office in Lampang to protest the declaration of a new national park in the area due to the concerns that their lands would be taken over by the park.
23 Apr 2023
As four park officials charged with pre-meditated murder for their alleged involvement in the abduction and death of indigenous right activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen go on trial, civil society organizations have demanded that they be suspended to make sure the judicial process cannot be tampered with.
24 Aug 2022
Community rights and indigenous rights activists in Chiang Mai were blocked by crowd control police today (24 August) during their march to submit a petition to an APEC leaders meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel.
15 Nov 2017
Civil society groups have vowed to gather in front of Government House next month if the junta passes a new environmental law. On 14 November 2017, representatives of People’s Network for Sustainable Development gathered at the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission in Bangkok. They demanded a halt to the bill to revise the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act of 1992.
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