Environment and land

Imports of plastic and electronic waste have declined sharply after the government curbed imports of foreign waste, says the Customs Department.Plastic waste imported to Thailand fell to 174,000 tonnes during the five months to May from 571,000 tonnes for the full year of 2018, while ...

The new government will be asked to extend the Board of Investment’s promotional investment packages for the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme for another year.Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said the office will submit a proposal to extend the privilege packages, which ...

Academics have called for the scope of the Plant Varieties Protection Act to be expanded to also protect farmers.Addressing a public seminar at BioThai Foundation, they said that unless the Act was drafted properly to protect farmers’ rights, the country’s agricultural sector would be taken ...

Thailand is more aware than ever of the threat posed by plastic waste to the ecosystem and environment, especially trash in the oceans. As seen on the news, marine life is ingesting plastic waste and suffering immeasurably.Other countries are also hurting from the deluge of ...

The Thai government has been undertaking various measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by enforcing laws in accordance with international standards. However, some new fishing regulations affect local fishermen, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is sending out officials to follow ...

The 34th Asean Summit culminated last week with the ratification of two green initiatives that should bode well for the future of the planet.The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris and the Asean Framework of Action on Marine Debris aim to strengthen regional cooperation to ...

The future of a Thai-Chinese potash mine planned in northeastern Thailand is mired in uncertainty as villagers are putting up fierce opposition, fueled by concerns about livelihood security, health, and the environment.After a protest group led by local women blocked access to drilling sites last ...

The “depa Mini Transformation Voucher EEC” seminar recently concluded successfully, with active cooperation from the Chonburi Chamber of Commerce and depa. The seminar aimed to promote the use of digital technologies among Thai SMEs in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and attracted considerable interest among ...

Severe outcomes if temperatures rise by more than 3 degrees Celsius by 2050, says analysis.Climate change is the greatest threat to world security and requires an immediate response, otherwise it will be too late to avert a “hothouse Earth” scenario and the end of human ...

Though millions of people across the world succumb to ailments caused by air pollution every year, Thailand’s situation has been described as “stable in the past five years”. This is despite the fact that pollution in the North was worse than ever this year, officials ...