by Ricky Ward | Jan 23, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
A look at Udon Thani. Despite a lack lustre local government administration in Nakhorn Ping Chiang Mai , activities of a very informal, barely visible, network of environmentalists has been making inroads into the generally poor management of urban trees. From care...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 4, 2016 | Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
This is not the first time. Chiang Mai regularly sees gross acts of tree vandalism both by private land holders and state actors. People continually complain about chopping trees near powerlines when seldom is it necessary and almost never done in a way respectful of...
by Ricky Ward | Oct 27, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
In politics Opportunism is often regarded as a dirty word, as for example when say a migrant commits a crime and opportunist politicians use this to denigrate all migrants and arouse fear and hated in an otherwise peaceful society. In nature many organisms are...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 15, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
A pretty common refrain from Our Chiang Mai one might say. But what better way to describe the letter written to the Mayor of Nakhorn Chiang Mai municipality. The prompt for the letter was the need to cycle across town , past the city moat, across the river to the...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 6, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
In June we called for volunteers to help our program of restoring indigenous trees to Chiang Mai and since we have had two mornings of activities with a skeleton group. NOTE: New Date 24/6/2016 Now some more folk have volunteerecd, including a pair of early birds who...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 1, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน, Vegetation / พืซ
McKean Center Destruction 1st February 2016 This week many of Chiang Mai’s biggest Heritage trees are being cut down. At the McKean Rehabilitation Center a great swathe is being cut through trees along the western road which links the two cottage villages....
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