Environment and land

The Transport Ministry will install air purifiers on the roofs of Bangkok buses this month, starting with 387 Bangkok Mass Transit Authority vehicles and fitting trucks as well if the results are good.Minister Saksayam Chidchob said plans were being finalised with the Ministry of Higher ...

Besides protecting themselves from the Coronavirus, people are also wearing masks to protect themselves from air pollution. The density of fine dust particles has been on the rise in many areas, especially in Bangkok and its vicinity.Keep watching ...

Sugar production in Thailand is expected to fall 28% to a nine-year low of 10.5 million tonnes in the current crop season as drought curtails cane supplies, according to Rangsit Hiangrat, director-general of Thai Sugar Millers Corp.The reduced production for 2019-20 will limit shipments from ...

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has signed agreements with 14 universities to collaborate in establishing an agritech and innovation centre.Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said this week the goal was to set up 77 centres this year, one in every province.Keep reading ...

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is launching a campaign to tackle the air pollution problem and high levels of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter.The campaign is in cooperation with the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and ...

Authorities plan to ban the import of all electronic and plastic waste next year, in a move to improve garbage management.The ban was announced by a new subcommittee on the two garbage types, led by National Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, who yesterday said ...

The Royal Thai Police is preparing measures to counter the PM2.5 (particulate matter having diameter lesser than 2.5 microns) problem by tackling the sources of air pollution in areas reported with poor air quality, deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krisana Pattanajaroen said on Sunday (January ...

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon has investigated the drought situation in Chiang Mai province and provided groundwater wells to local villagers.Gen Prawit met with villagers at Simaram temple in San Klang district of Chiang Mai province and presided over a ceremony to provide them ...

Despite research establishing the risks associated with ultra-fine PM2.5 particulate matter, and the fact it is both odourless and invisible, many people fail to appreciate the damaging impact it has on their health, said Khate Sripratak, cardiologist and president of the Chest Disease Institute’s medical ...

China has agreed to increase the rate of water release from Lan Chang River from 850 cubic metres per second to 1000 cubic metres per second in order to meet the urgent needs of Thailand and other countries in the Mekong River Basin.The Chinese government ...