Girl killed by falling tree in Phrae as storms hit northern provinces on Friday

A six-year-old girl was killed when a large weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) tree fell onto the family home in Phrae province during summer storms, which also struck Phetchabun and Chiang Rai provinces last night, causing blackouts and uprooting trees. Heavy Storms Displace More Than a Thousand Families in Northeast Thailand In the Tao Pun sub-district […]

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Chulalongkorn University’s ‘Plant Trees – Get Mushrooms’ Strategy Convinces Nan and Saraburi Farmers to Save the Forests

Lecturers of the Faculty of Science, and the Center of Learning Network for Region (CLNR) Chulalongkorn University successfully planted trees in the forests in Nan and Saraburi provinces through innovative seedlings with ectomycorrhiza fungi, motivating villagers and farmers to “plant trees and get mushrooms”, for extra income.

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Large tree collapses, killing 1 in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: A large tree, over 200 years old, collapsed on a house inside the grounds of a temple, crushing a man to death and damaging a car in Sadao district early on Sunday. The incident occurred at about 3.40am at the Thung Prap monastery following a heavy rainstorm, Somboon Wanphetcha, 58, a resident who lived […]

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