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On 11 November and 16 December 2016, the Nam Oun Basin
Lover Group filed a complaint to the Oum Jhan Municipality asking them
to suspend the construction of public utility system that will support
the sugar and biomass power plants as the construction will affect public
roads and public drainage systems. As a consequence, the Thai Rung
Roeng company filed a defamation lawsuit against 20 members of
the Nam Oun Basin Lover group lead by Ms. Duangpen Sudchaiya.
The company later withdrew the lawsuit.
On the 12th of June 2017, the expert committee of the Office
of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)
considered environmental impact analysis of the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) report of the Thai Roong Ruang Industry Co., Ltd. sugar
factory project. After the meeting, they passed a resolution disapproving
of the EIA report and ordered the company to amend the report.
The RakNamUn Women’s Network has tried to strengthen the
community by establishing a farming school for children and starting
craft projects where local youth make soap from local varieties of rice.
After the women finish their daily work, they gather to make shampoo
products from Kaffir lime. They have set up a community rice mill so that
they can set the price of rice themselves, generating income for the
community. The group also try to conserve more than 100 local rice
seeds, making a product that is becoming known as HomDok Hung Rice
Group. Rice that grows on N Khok is planted on hills surrounded by natural
forests and relies on rain water to grow. They only use natural fertilizer.

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