Suggested strategic options to control flooding in Bangkok and up-country have mainly focused on building more dikes to prevent overflow, enlarging existing canals, digging up new ones and constructing reservoirs at various chosen sites where appropriate. In 1995/2538, the initial experimental Monkey’s Cheek project was successfully undertaken in Thonburi, and subsequently replicated in dozens of provinces. Presently, the likelihood of extreme rainfall and severe weather disasters has been significantly increased by rising greenhouse gas levels related to Climate Change, causing havoc to predicted expectations, and calling for adjustment to nature-related conditions and accommodation to rapidly evolving contemporary Information Technology demands. - See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/mailbag/kaem-ling-monkey-s-cheek-7827#sthash.FwMqqK75.dpuf