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Circular No. 06/2014 / TT-BLDTBXH regulations on occupational safety inspection of machinery, equipment, and supplies with strict requirements for occupational safety under the management of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)
This Circular prescribes the conditions and procedures for the grant and re-grant of certificates of eligibility for technical safety-inspection activities; grant, re-grant or w...
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Circular No. 37/2005 / TT-BLDTBXH Working Guide for Labor Safety and Hygiene
This Circular applies to enterprises, agencies, organizations, and individuals employing laborers, including: a. Enterprises of all economic sectors; b. Individual production ...
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Decree No. 163/1999/ND-CP of November 16, 1999 on Assigning and leasing forestry land to organizations, households and individuals for stable and long-term use for forestrial purposes
This Decree provides for the assignment of forestry land by the State to organizations, households and individuals for stable and long-term use in the form of land assignment wi...
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Circular No. 04/2004/TT-BCA Guiding Implementation of the Government's Decree No. 35/2003/ND-CP, Detailing the Implementation of a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting
On April 04, 2003, the Government issued Decree No. 35/2003 / ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting. For uniform ...
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris faces S$3.15 billion fine in Thailand for tax evasion
Article about tobacco giant Philip Morris’ operations and allegations over tax disputes in the Kingdom of Thailand.
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From the Tiger to the Crocodile: Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
The thousands of migrant workers from Burma, Cambodia, and Laos who cross the border into Thailand each year trade near-certain poverty at home for the possibility of relative p...
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Transfer Pricing Loopholes Likely to be Closed Soon
Among tax-avoidance methods, transfer pricing is the most controversial. While it is never acceptable to the Revenue Department, it has become pervasive and more complicated. Th...
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New Transfer Pricing Rule Getting Needed Adjustment
Bangkok Post article about Thai government’s attempt to amend the transfer pricing rule.
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Illegal Logging and Related Trade – Indicators of the Assessment Findings: Thailand
This summarizes Thailand 2013 Assessment Findings. More than half of Thailand’s wood demand is met by imports, and of these 20% is estimated to have been illegally sourced. Howe...
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Efficacy of Removing Natural Forests from Timber Production as a Strategy for Conserving Forests
Several countries of the Asia-Pacific region have imposed total or partial logging bans (or similar restrictions on timber harvesting) in response to the rapid decline of natura...
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International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins
As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) came into effect (June 12, 2013), the London-based Environmental Investigation Age...
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Good Day for Rosewoods as Species Get More Protection
September 29 has proved to be a major day for forests as 183 countries at the CITES 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) agreed to boost protection for dalbergia rosewoods. Th...
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Impacts and Effectiveness of Logging Bans in Natural Forests: Thailand
At the seventeenth session the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC), member countries requested FAO to implement a study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timb...
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Myanmar Forest Information and Data (2011 Update)
According to the U.N. FAO, 48.3% or about 31,773,000 ha of Myanmar is forested, according to FAO. Of this 10.0% ( 3,192,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodivers...
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Worldwide Governance Indicators - Myanmar 1996-2016
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert ...
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Transfer Pricing
International business transactions have increased dramatically over the years. Investment has increasingly expanded at an unprecedented rate in many countries. These internati...
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A Disharmonious Trade: China and the Continued Destruction of Burma’s Northern Frontier Forests
This is the third in a series of reports on illegal logging in Burma. It is based on field research carried out between 2005 and 2009 in Kachin State, along the Burma-China bord...
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Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011: Thailand Country Profile
Forestry in Thailand is constrained by several factors. Coincident with Thailand's rapid economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s, its forest resources became severely depleted. L...
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The development of forest plantations in Thailand
This is a country case study for Thailand from a publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific “What does i...
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Corruption, bloodshed and death – the curse of rosewood
Blogpost on the status of rosewood in the protected areas of Thailand.