Text of report in English by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 12 August [Unattributed report: "BIRTHDAY ADDRESS: Queen asks people to save forests and water"] Her Majesty the Queen has impressed upon Thai people the importance of preserving forests and fresh water resources and said that fresh water shortages could trigger conflict and wars.

By Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post, Thailand Feb. 14--Industry Minister Suvit Khunkitti is demanding stricter inspection of waste water treatment systems at factories along major rivers in order to prevent illegal discharges of toxins into the water.

By Molle, Francois Interventions on hydro/ecologi

By JAMES SCOTT THE heat hit us like a wall as we stepped off the plane on to the tarmac of Bangkok airport. It was just after 6.30am and the temperature was already nudging 30C.

By DENIS D GRAY KHUN SAMUT CHIN, Thailand -- At Bangkok's watery gates, Buddhist monks cling to a shrinking spit of land around their temple as they wage war against the relentlessly rising sea.