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Thai farmers pin hopes on microbes to end annual burning crisis

Thai farmers pin hopes on microbes to end annual burning crisis

Rice farmers Siriporn and Amnat Taidee used to burn their paddy fields between plantings -- a common method of clearing crop residue partly blamed for toxic smog that blankets much of Thailand every spring. A quick and affordable way to prepare for a new growing cycle, the practice has long been
Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE, Sally JENSEN AFP 15 Apr 2026
Tech-equipped Indigenous firefighters protect Thai forests

Tech-equipped Indigenous firefighters protect Thai forests

In the dry-season heat of northern Thailand, Hmong villagers zip through forested slopes, blasting tinder with leaf blowers and cutting through brush with machetes, while others scan for smoke on live feeds from their phones. Across about a dozen villages in the hills of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park,
Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE, Sally JENSEN AFP 26 Mar 2026

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