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Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No
Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 6, B.E. 2560 (2017) Regarding Control of Transport of Animal Feed Corn ------------------------------------ Whereas the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has repealed the Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 1, B.E. 2559 (2016) regarding Determination of Goods and Services under Control dated 21 January B.E. 2559 ( 2016) , resulting in the end of enforcement of the Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 6, B.E. 2559 (2016) regarding Control of Transport of Animal Feed dated 25 January B.E. 2559 (2016). In the meantime, the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has already reconsidered the exercise of its power regarding the stipulation of the aforesaid measure, it is of the view that the measure of the control of transport of animal feed corn should be maintained in order to bring about the fairness of price, quantity and the maintenance of stability of the animal feed market system within the Kingdom. By virtue of Section 9 (2) and Section 25 (4), (7) of the Price of Goods and Services Act, B.E. 2542 ( 1999) , the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has therefore issued this Notification, as follows. Article 1. This Notification shall come into force in all areas of the Kingdom for the period of one year as from the day following the date of its publication.1 Article 2. It is prohibited for a person to transport animal feed corn, whereby -
BASELINE SURVEY Project On
BASELINE SURVEY REPORT PROJECT ON “ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTHERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR OF ASEAN MEKONG SUB-REGION (AMS)” MARCH 2017 Baseline Survey Report Project on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Southern Economic Corridor of ASEAN Mekong Sub-region (AMS)” March 2017 Mekong Institute (MI) Khon Kaen, Thailand The Study Team Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department Mekong Institute (MI) Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Program Director Quan Anh Nguyen, Program Specialist Sa-nga Sattanun, Program Manager Toru Hisada, Senior Project Coordinator Seang Sopheak, Program Coordinator Ronnarith Chaiyo-seang, Program Officer Pham Thi Thuy Chi, Consultant Project Baseline Survey: Project on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor of ASEAN Mekong Subregion (AMS)” Study conducted in: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam Period of Study: September – November 2016 TRADE & INVESTMENT FACILITATION (TIF) DEPARTMENT, MEKONG INSTITUTE 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This baseline survey was possible with the support from MI team and partners from the 19 provinces in the four countries. Our great gratitude is to the MI team and the local partners to make all the necessary arrangements for such challenging field visits. In particular, we would like to thank a number of SME representatives, processors, farmers, and local government officials who have shared their information on our long lists of questions. This baseline report benefits from comments of the MI team, to whom we would like to thank for their insights and suggestions in different rounds of revision for this report. TRADE & INVESTMENT FACILITATION (TIF) DEPARTMENT, MEKONG INSTITUTE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the baseline survey made for the project “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Sub region (AMS)” for the period 2016 – 2018. -
Forest for All Forever
Centralized National Risk Assessment for Thailand FSC-CNRA-TH V1-0 EN FSC-CNRA-TH V1-0 CENTRALIZED NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THAILAND 2019 – 1 of 164 – Title: Centralized National Risk Assessment for Thailand Document reference FSC-CNRA-TH V1-0 EN code: Approval body: FSC International Center: Performance and Standards Unit Date of approval: 16 April 2019 Contact for comments: FSC International Center - Performance and Standards Unit - Adenauerallee 134 53113 Bonn Deutschland/ Germany +49-(0)228-36766-0 +49-(0)228-36766-30 [email protected] © 2019 Forest Stewardship Council, A.C. All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the publisher’s copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, recording taping, or information retrieval systems) without the written permission of the publisher. Printed copies of this document are for reference only. Please refer to the electronic copy on the FSC website (ic.fsc.org) to ensure you are referring to the latest version. The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) is an independent, not for profit, non- government organization established to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. FSC’s vision is that the world’s forests meet the social, ecological, and economic rights and needs of the present generation without compromising those of future generations. FSC-CNRA-TH V1-0 CENTRALIZED NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THAILAND 2019 – 2 of 164 – Contents Risk assessments that have been finalized for Thailand ........................................... 4 Risk designations in finalized risk assessments for Thailand .................................... -
Cultural Landscape and Indigenous Knowledge of Natural Resource and Environment Management of Phutai Tribe
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OF PHUTAI TRIBE By Mr. Isara In-ya A Thesis Submitted in Partial of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Heritage Management and Tourism International Program Graduate School, Silpakorn University Academic Year 2014 Copyright of Graduate School, Silpakorn University CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OF PHUTAI TRIBE By Mr. Isara In-ya A Thesis Submitted in Partial of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Heritage Management and Tourism International Program Graduate School, Silpakorn University Academic Year 2014 Copyright of Graduate School, Silpakorn University The Graduate School, Silpakorn University has approved and accredited the Thesis title of “Cultural landscape and Indigenous Knowledge of Natural Resource and Environment Management of Phutai Tribe” submitted by Mr.Isara In-ya as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Heritage Management and Tourism. …………………………………………………………... (Associate Professor Panjai Tantatsanawong, Ph.D.) Dean of Graduate School ……..……./………..…./…..………. The Thesis Advisor Professor Ken Taylor The Thesis Examination Committee …………………………………………Chairman (Associate Professor Chaiyasit Dankittikul, Ph.D.) …………../...................../................. …………………………………………Member (Emeritus Professor Ornsiri Panin) …………../...................../................ -
Simulating Hydrological Processes in a Sub-Basin of the Mekong Using GBHM and RS Data
Remote Sensing and GIS for Hydrology and Water Resources (IAHS Publ. 368, 2015) 221 (Proceedings RSHS14 and ICGRHWE14, Guangzhou, China, August 2014). Simulating hydrological processes in a sub-basin of the Mekong using GBHM and RS data WEI WANG1, HUI LU1,2, DAWEN YANG3, BIN GAO4, YANG JIAO3 & 5 ZHIGUO PANG 1 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, and Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China 2 Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing, 100875, China. [email protected] 3 Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China 4 School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China 5 Remote Sensing Center, Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, 100044, China Abstract This paper presents simulations of daily hydrological process of the Mun River, the largest tributary of the Mekong, with a geomorphology-based hydrological model (GBHM) driven by two forcing sets: traditional station data and grid data derived from remote sensing and GLDAS products. Driven by the station data, the Mun-GBHM model is successfully calibrated against the discharge observed in 1991, but the model accuracy decreases with the increase of simulation time during the validation period of 1992–1999. Driven by the TRMM rainfall and other meteorological data from GLDAS, using the same parameters as above, the model performs reliably at both the monthly and daily scale. Moreover, when the model is calibrated with one year of gridded data, its performance can be further improved. Our results demonstrate that TRMM and GLDAS are able to drive the GBHM so providing reliable hydrologic predictions in such data-poor or ungauged basins. -
Disaster Management Partners in Thailand
Cover image: “Thailand-3570B - Money flows like water..” by Dennis Jarvis is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/3696750357/in/set-72157620096094807 2 Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Table of Contents Welcome - Note from the Director 8 About the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance 9 Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series Overview 10 Executive Summary 11 Country Overview 14 Culture 14 Demographics 15 Ethnic Makeup 15 Key Population Centers 17 Vulnerable Groups 18 Economics 20 Environment 21 Borders 21 Geography 21 Climate 23 Disaster Overview 28 Hazards 28 Natural 29 Infectious Disease 33 Endemic Conditions 33 Thailand Disaster Management Reference Handbook | 2015 3 Government Structure for Disaster Management 36 National 36 Laws, Policies, and Plans on Disaster Management 43 Government Capacity and Capability 51 Education Programs 52 Disaster Management Communications 54 Early Warning System 55 Military Role in Disaster Relief 57 Foreign Military Assistance 60 Foreign Assistance and International Partners 60 Foreign Assistance Logistics 61 Infrastructure 68 Airports 68 Seaports 71 Land Routes 72 Roads 72 Bridges 74 Railways 75 Schools 77 Communications 77 Utilities 77 Power 77 Water and Sanitation 80 4 Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Health 84 Overview 84 Structure 85 Legal 86 Health system 86 Public Healthcare 87 Private Healthcare 87 Disaster Preparedness and Response 87 Hospitals 88 Challenges -
Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No
Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 4, B.E. 2560 (2017) Regarding Control of Transport of Paddy, Rice ------------------------------------ Whereas the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has repealed the Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 1, B.E. 2559 (2016) regarding Determination of Goods and Services under Control dated 21 January B.E. 2559 ( 2016) , resulting in the end of enforcement of the Notification of the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services No. 4, B.E. 2559 (2016) regarding Control of Transport of Paddy, Rice dated 25 January B.E. 2559 (2016). In the meantime, the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has already reconsidered the exercise of its power regarding the stipulation of the aforesaid measure, it is of the view that the measure of the control of transport of paddy, rice should be maintained in order to bring about the fairness of price, quantity and the maintenance of stability of the rice market system within the Kingdom. By virtue of Section 9 (2) and Section 25 (4), (7) of the Price of Goods and Services Act, B.E. 2542 ( 1999) , the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services has therefore issued this Notification, as follows. Article 1. This Notification shall come into force in all areas of the Kingdom for the period of one year as from the day following the date of its publication.1 Article 2. In this Notification, “rice” means rice, pieces of rice, broken-milled rice. -
A Taxonomic Revision of Globba Subsect. Nudae (Zingiberaceae)
European Journal of Taxonomy 503: 1–37 ISSN 2118-9773 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.503 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2019 · Sangvirotjanapat S. et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Research article A taxonomic revision of Globba subsect. Nudae (Zingiberaceae) Sunisa SANGVIROTJANAPAT 1, Jessada DENDUANGBORIPHANT 2 & Mark F. NEWMAN 3,* 1 Biological Sciences programme, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. 3 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. * Corresponding author: [email protected] 1 Email: [email protected] 2 Email: [email protected] Abstract. Globba subsect. Nudae K.Larsen is revised. Seven species are recognised and three names are lectotypifi ed. A key to the species and descriptions are provided. Three new species are described and illustrated: G. aranyaniae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman sp. nov., G. lithophila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman sp. nov., and G. macrochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman sp. nov. Four names based on types from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar remain doubtful. The morphological expression of andromonoecy in this group is described in detail. Provisional IUCN conservation assessments of all species are supplied. Keywords. Andromonoecy, Globba, Nudae, taxonomic revision, Zingiberaceae. Sangvirotjanapat S., Denduangboriphant J. & Newman M.F. 2019. A taxonomic revision of Globba subsect. Nudae (Zingiberaceae). European Journal of Taxonomy 503: 1–37. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.503 Introduction Globba L. belongs to the tribe Globbeae Meisn. of the subfamily Zingiberoideae Haask., family Zingiberaceae Martinov. -
A Lesson Learnt from Pak Mun Dam
Woraya Som-in and Savitri Gadavanij Hydropower Dam and Development, Whose Development and for Whom?: A Lesson Learnt from Pak Mun Dam Woraya Som-in* and Savitri Gadavanij** Abstract Pak Mun hydropower dam is one of several government’s development projects in which emerged from the claim of national security and rural development. Due to the long and continuing protests against Pak Mun Dam, the project is one of the most outstanding cases that capture the interest of the civil society in local, national and international context. The case is also considered as one of the longest social movements by grassroot people in Thailand and the world. In 1991 since the dam was built and up until now, the requests and protests of the Assembly of the Poor (affected people) against Pak Mun dam have continued for more than two decades due to the dam’s severe impact to thousands of livelihoods and the ecology of the Mun River and many local communities at large. The impact of the EBNǰIBTǰBMTPǰHFOFSBUFEǰUIFǰDPOŴJDUTǰBNPOHǰTUBLFIPMEFSTǰJOǰUIFǰTPDJFUZǰ#ZǰDPOEVDUJOHǰ FUIOPHSBQIJDǰTUVEZǰJOǰUIFǰųFMEǰTJUFǰPGǰUIFǰJTTVFǰBMPOHǰXJUIǰFNQJSJDBMǰFWJEFODFT elicited from the community, the study presents the authentic data rooted from the ųMFǰTJUFǰ5IFSFGPSF ǰUIJTǰBSUJDMFǰJTǰBJNJOHǰUPǰTIFEǰMJHIUǰPOǰNBLJOHǰVOEFSTUBOEJOHǰPGǰIPXǰ * Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mahasarakham University, Khamraing Sub-District, Kantarawichai District, Maha Sarakham 44150, THAILAND. E-mail: [email protected] ** Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute -
Assessment of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors
About the Assessment of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors The transformation of transport corridors into economic corridors has been at the center of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program since 1998. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) conducted this Assessment to guide future investments and provide benchmarks for improving the GMS economic corridors. This Assessment reviews the state of the GMS economic corridors, focusing on transport infrastructure, particularly road transport, cross-border transport and trade, and economic potential. This assessment consists of six country reports and an integrative report initially presented in June 2018 at the GMS Subregional Transport Forum. About the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program The GMS consists of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, the People’s Republic of China (specifically Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Thailand, and Viet Nam. In 1992, with assistance from the Asian Development Bank and building on their shared histories and cultures, the six countries of the GMS launched the GMS Program, a program of subregional economic cooperation. The program’s nine priority sectors are agriculture, energy, environment, human resource development, investment, telecommunications, tourism, transport infrastructure, and transport and trade facilitation. About the Asian Development Bank ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining -
An Approach to High-Resolution Rice Paddy Mapping Using Time-Series Sentinel-1 SAR Data in the Mun River Basin, Thailand
remote sensing Article An Approach to High-Resolution Rice Paddy Mapping Using Time-Series Sentinel-1 SAR Data in the Mun River Basin, Thailand 1, 1, 1,2, 1 1 1 He Li y , Dongjie Fu * , Chong Huang y, Fenzhen Su , Qingsheng Liu , Gaohuan Liu and Shangrong Wu 3 1 State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; [email protected] (H.L.); [email protected] (C.H.); [email protected] (F.S.); [email protected] (Q.L.); [email protected] (G.L.) 2 CAS Engineering Laboratory for Yellow River Delta Modern Agriculture, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 3 Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-10-6488-9676 These two authors contributed equally: He Li & Chong Huang. y Received: 10 November 2020; Accepted: 1 December 2020; Published: 3 December 2020 Abstract: Timely and accurate regional rice paddy monitoring plays a significant role in maintaining the sustainable rice production, food security, and agricultural development. This study proposes an operational automatic approach to mapping rice paddies using time-series SAR data. The proposed method integrates time-series Sentinel-1 data, auxiliary data of global surface water, and rice phenological characteristics with Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform. A total of 402 Sentinel-1 scenes from 2017 were used for mapping rice paddies extent in the Mun River basin. -
Integrating the Phong Tuek Viṣṇu: the Archaeology and Art History of a Forgotten Image1
Integrating the Phong Tuek Viṣṇu: The Archaeology and Art History of a Forgotten Image1 Paul A. Lavy and Wesley Clarke Abstract—This paper situates the Phong Tuek Viṣṇu, a lesser-known Dvāravatī sculpture from western Thailand, in its archaeological and art historical context in order to demonstrate 7th to 8th century artistic and political connections across mainland Southeast Asia. The circumstances of the Viṣṇu’s rediscovery in the early 1950s, as well as its subsequent “restoration” and preservation at Wat Dong Sak, are examined through reappraisal of documentary evidence, new field reconnaissance, interviews of local residents, and systematic examination of the sculpture itself. Detailed stylistic analysis and conjectural reconstruction of the sculpture’s original appearance place the image within the broader development of the mitred Viṣṇu iconographic type known from sites throughout Southeast Asia. With particular emphasis on the details of the headdress and garment, specific comparisons are made to related sculpture from Thailand, Arakan (Myanmar), Preangkorian Cambodia, and the Cham civilization of Vietnam. The Phong Tuek Viṣṇu’s idiosyncratic features and geographically dispersed stylistic relationships suggest a probable early 8th century date following the mid-to-late 7th century expansion of Khmer elites out of the Kampong Thom area of Cambodia. The Phong Tuek Viṣṇu, therefore, provides valuable testimony of a particularly intense period of interactions spanning mainland Southeast Asia from Arakan in the west to central Vietnam in the east. Introduction Among the overlooked examples of Dvāravatī sculpture is a statue of Viṣṇu (Figure 1) from the site of Phong Tuek in what is today southern Kanchanaburi province, Thailand (see map, Figure 2).