by Ricky Ward | Sep 23, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Early this September we reported on the splendid growth of trees in Railway Park, but included a warning of the danger from big dead trees. One week ago today during a visit to Chiang Mai’s newly appointed governor Suriya Prasatbuntitya in the grounds of his...
by Ricky Ward | Sep 6, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
After several years with the gates locked due to a contract dispute, Chiang Mai residents were allowed to use the Railway Park in early 2010 and to mark World Environment Day community tree planting was organised for 4th June that year. Most of the planting was...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 27, 2014 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Perhaps we are fortunate in the new ruler of Thailand “General Prayuth Chan-ocha, army chief, used a televised address to urge people not to panic and said the military was taking over “to restore …” , I could write more except that this quote came...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 25, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
On Monday 15th June, news came from an ecstatic member of the Gum Hak Doi Suthep planting team, that Chiang Mai’s new governor Suriya Prasatbuntitya had given a TV address to announce the government was embarking on a program to plant 800 million trees to...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 5, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Oops – We got the date wrong. As Sanitsuda points out in a Bangkok Post article today 5th June, the 4th is designated by the UN as World Environment Day. Here in Thailand we also have Thai Environment Day in the official calendar and that is on 4th December...
by Ricky Ward | May 15, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
2014 has seen early rains compared to the previous year. As a result Chiang Mai is looking green and weeds and local plants alike are growing vigorously. So let us do some planting and weeding to celebrate World Environment Day, Thursday 5th June 2014. If that is...
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