Environment and land
Thailand issues warnings after smog blankets major cities
Thai authorities have urged children and pregnant women to stay indoors and people to wear masks outside, as toxic smog covers vast areas of the country, leading more than one million people to seek medical attention, officials said. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha begged farmers to stop ...
Air pollution has made over 1.3 million Thais sick this year
More than 1.32 million Thai people have reported sick in 2023 due to PM2.5 pollution, the Disease Control Department (DCD) said.A total of 1,325,838 patients suffered from air pollution-related diseases during the first five days of January, department director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said.“The PM2.5 [particulate ...
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Abundant cash crops help make Thailand 2nd-biggest bioplastics producer
With a yearly production capacity of 95,000 tonnes, Thailand is now the second-largest producer of bioplastics in the world after the United States, which produces 150,000 tonnes.Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri made the announcement on Monday citing data from the Thai Bioplastics Industry Association.Anucha said Thailand ...
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Solutions sought as North ravaged by toxic PM2.5
The National Environment Board (NEB) will beef up preventive measures against PM2.5 ultrafine dust after 17 northern provinces have seen smog pollution hit crisis levels.Siwaporn Rungsiyanon, a spokeswoman of the Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation (CAPM), said the 17 provinces have been seeing PM2.5 levels ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand approves rubber price guarantee scheme for farmers
A scheme worth 7.6 billion THB (215 million USD) has been approved by the cabinet of Thailand to guarantee rubber prices for 1.6 million farmers registered with the country’s Rubber Authority.The move, the fourth phase of an ongoing programme, promises a 40-60 split on revenues ...
Thousands of fire hotspots in North
A total of 2,201 hotspots were detected across the North on Tuesday, most of them in conservation forests, the Region 3 centre for prevention and mitigation of air pollution reported on Wednesday. Of the total, 1,388 hotspots were in the upper part of the region ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Bangkok's air quality reading crosses safe levels again today
As of 11am on Sunday, 35 air-quality monitoring stations reported most of Bangkok was covered in a haze of unsafe air.PM2.5 readings were between 38 and 70 micrograms per cubic metre of air (μg/m3) in most parts of the capital. PM2.5 are particles less than ...
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Over 500 fires in northern Thailand spark alarm
More than half of the 1,005 fires recorded in Thailand on Wednesday were in the North, causing dangerous levels of pollution, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency.The three provinces with the highest number of fires were Chiang Mai (205), Tak (156), and ...
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Thailand cuts the use of plastic bags by over 148,000 tonnes in three years
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) on Wednesday credited its campaigns among the public for the sharp reduction in the use of single-use plastic and plastic shopping bags, totalling more than 148,000 tonnes in about three years.PCD director-general Pinsak Suraswadi said the department had launched the ...
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Amata, BGRIM to develop city in EEC
Industrial developer Amata Corporation Plc has teamed up with B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of Amata European Smart City, expected to serve European companies investing in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
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