BANGKOK -- The world is so interconnected, so changes imposed on the environment in Thailand -- and the value Thais attach to ecology -- cannot be viewed separately from what's happening elsewhere. The past year has seen an increasing number of environmental issues arise in Thailand that demonstrated our connection to the world at large_and to its universal values. A couple of cases involved trophy hunting, a universal issue about which people everywhere have strong emotional reactions -- especially if "influential figures" are the ones doing the hunting. Premchai Karnasuta, president of the sizeable construction firm Italian-Thai Development Plc, was arrested along with three c...
Keep on reading: Thailand paying the price for eco-sluggishness as controversial environmental issues rise
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