This is the main objective of the recently initiated project Making forestry work for the poor: Adapting forest policies to poverty alleviation strategies in Asia and the Pacific. The project is supported by the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet). Substantial increases in agricultural yields and production will be required to meet Thailands future biofuel targets, which could result in a drop in the countrys exports of key biofuel feedstock crops in the near future...
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KALASIN, 22 May 2014 - Locals in Khok Sa-ard Sub-district, Khongchai District, are facing the spread of lead Poisoning...Majority of the locals in the 12 villages of Khok Sa-ard are working as waste segregators as the Sub -district has designated a large zone as landfill for electronics waste. However, the landfill lacks a proper management systems and means to prevent the locals from coming into direct contact with electronic trash and inhaling sulphur in the waste. Khongchai officials revealed the sub-district is loaded with more than 2,000 tons of electronic waste each month, posing serious threats of lead poisoning to the locals...GREEN ECONOMY & GREEN ENERGY FOR THAILAND .