Environment and land
TDRI wants waste on agenda
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shopping bags.Keep reading ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Labour training centre for EEC
The government is teaming up with the private sector to open a labour force training centre in Rayong to deepen the pool of skilled workers in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).The Sumipol Institute of Manufacturing Technology (Simtec) is a learning centre and workshop located in ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Subcommittee okays Bt99.6-billion budget for four water projects
The Subcommittee for Large and Important Projects has approved a budget of Bt99.65 billion for four water management projects after a meeting on Friday, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompao, who is also chairman of the subcommittee, said.Keep readfing ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand China joins hand in Eastern Airport City development
The Eastern Economic Corridor Office and the Administrative Committee of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone have established a cooperation on the development of Thailand’s Eastern Airport City.Keep watching ...
BMA likely to delay new rubbish collection fee
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is likely to postpone the new garbage collection fee for another year, in a bid perceived as populist appeasement.The Bangkok Council on Wednesday gave initial approval to a proposal tabled by Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang asking that the new fee ...
Supoj Wancharoen
Greenpeace proposes widespread collection fee to drive push against disposables
Greenpeace has proposed an indiscriminately-implemented collection fee as a means to eradicate single-use plastic bags and containers from disposal, as well as to establish an independent fund for rehabilitation of Thailand’s seas.The popular environmental group’s proposal comes on the heels of the deaths of two ...
The Nation Reporter
Land grabbers implicated in peat swamp blazes
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has launched an investigation into the burning of peat swamps in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Chalerm Prakiat district with a land acquisition motive suspected to be behind the blazes.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Something Is Very Wrong on the Mekong River
The Mekong is reeling from the combined onslaught of climate change, sand-mining, and incessant damming of the river, which combined to help cause the worst drought recorded in over 100 years in July.Keep reading ...
RID addresses drought in Chao Phraya River basin
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has announced a plan to provide water for consumption for communities in the Chao Phraya River basin while affirming that the amount of water for agricultural activities in the area will be sufficient throughout the rainy season.Keep watching ...
Technology implementation in water management
Water management is a challenge that requires data integration by several agencies. The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) has established an ICT strategy to advance national water management systematically, using digital technologies.Keep watching ...
