Environment and land
Strict measures on using three toxic pesticides take effect on Oct 20
A number of ministers and high-ranking officials have vowed to keep pushing for a ban on three toxic pesticides – Paraquat, Glyphosate and Chlorpyrifos – which are widely used in agriculture.Strict measures on using the three pesticides will take effect on October 20. The measures, ...
The Nation Reporter
Seeds of Sufficiency now flourishing
Though it’s been three years since the passing of the country’s revered monarch, Pid Thong Lang Phra Foundation, a royally sponsored initiative applying the sufficiency economy philosophy, is still keen to uphold King Rama IX’s legacy of caring for rural communities.Its chairman MR Disnadda Diskul ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Half the World’s Coral Reefs Already Have Been Killed by Climate Change
The oceans have long been the biggest buffer for humankind’s dangerous greenhouse-gas emissions. Around a quarter of all the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere since the 1980s—from driving cars, running factories and churning out electricity with fossil fuels—has ended up sunk into the waters. ...
Two more Thai marine parks declared ASEAN heritage parks
Two southern Thailand national parks have been recognised as ASEAN heritage parks at this week’s 15th ASEAN environment ministers’ meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the home of Angkor Wat. Warawut Silpa-archa, Thailand’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, told reporters the ASEAN environment ministers voted ...
Fine dust levels rising again in Bangkok
Fine dust levels were deemed slightly unsafe in Bangkok’s Bang Kholaem and Bang Phlat districts on Friday morning due to stagnant air and heavy traffic, according to the Pollution Control Department.Director-general Pralong Damrongthai said on Friday that particulate matter 2.5 micrometres and less in diameter ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Khao Yai elephant carcass dismembered
The corpse of one wild elephant has been dismembered and removed from Haew Narok waterfall as the operation to clear the area was battered by heavy rains over Khao Yai National Park on Friday.Park officials, with help from veterinarians and volunteers of the Disaster Response ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cabinet set to deliberate on EEC land-use, development plans
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee will soon submit plans to the Cabinet for the use of land and the development of utilities infrastructure in the EEC.Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said the plans will cover the development of the EEC zone ...
The Nation Reporter
Farmers to be asked not to plant second rice crop due to water shortage
Farmers in the Chao Phraya River basin may not be able to plant their second rice crop for the 2019-20 season due to insufficient water to meet the demand.According to the Royal Irrigation Department, only 6 billion cubic metres (m3) of water will be available ...
New joint bid to end wildlife trafficking
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is joining hands with several international organisations to launch a campaign to end wildlife trafficking.The campaign, called “A Good Life is Free of Killing”, is a collaboration between the Thai government, WildAid, and the United ...
Thana Boonlert
Bangkok to test run air purifying tower on 8th October
Air quality in Bangkok and neighboring provinces has returned to normal after rain in recent days, which helped eliminate airborne particles. Latest air quality readings range from good to very good. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to install and test run an air purifying ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
