Environment and land
Thai farmers reap THB79.46m in exports from online business matching
Thai agricultural cooperatives clinched export deals worth 79.46 million baht (US$2.41 million) at the latest Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) online business-matching event.The July 29-30 event saw 22 companies from nine Asian countries – Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Japan, and ...
The Nation Reporter
Coral-damaging sunscreens banned in marine parks
Sunscreen products with chemical compounds that are harmful to coral are now prohibited from being used in Thai marine national parks, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said on Wednesday.The chemical compounds banned are Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3, BP-3), Octinoxate (Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate), 4-Methylbenzylid Camphor ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Fighting food waste in Thailand [Video]
Head chef Daniel Bucher hates food waste. His hotel’s restaurants offer much scope for recovering unused ingredients, and he helps an NGO that distributes food to the needy. Together with German relief organization GIZ, he also advises the Thai government.Keep watching ...
How China’s cooperation with Mekong countries can overcome a trust deficit
First proposed at the 17th Asean-China Summit in 2014 by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism aims to enhance economic cooperation, environmental protection efforts and transboundary water governance between the countries along the river’s length, namely China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and ...
Thais eat low fruits and vegetables and too much salt, UN says
Policymakers urged to drive vegetables as national agenda to curb non-communicable diseases killing 400,000 Thais every year.Thai population particularly the young still consume insufficient amount of fruits and vegetables. Following the latest study by Mahidol University’s Institute of Population and Social Research, the average 250g ...
The Nation Reporter
Forest evades WHC 'in danger' status
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex has been spared from being put on the World Heritage in danger list. However, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) has asked Thailand to comply with recommendations made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at its July 23 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
BMA urges care in disposal of infectious wastes
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Sunday asked citizens to dispose of infectious wastes properly.BMA deputy permanent secretary Chatri Wattanakhejorn said amid the Covid-19 situation, Bangkok generated 11,393 tonnes of infectious wastes, or 63 tonnes per day, between January and June this year.“Of the total, ...
The Nation Reporter
Covid closure brings rare wildlife back to Songkhla national park
Images of hornbills and other rare wild animals taken in Songkhla’s Khao Nam Khang National Park were posted on the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Facebook page on Sunday.Parit Narasaritkul, the national park’s chief, said the discovery of up to 200 plain-pouched ...
The Nation Reporter
New Unesco heritage bid for forest site
Thailand will push ahead with another attempt to secure Unesco World Heritage site status for the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex at the annual World Heritage Convention this month, said Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.The country’s largest national park, covering a 2.9-million rai ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Irrigation dams threaten Thailand’s tiger forests, say conservationists
A plan to construct seven dams in Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) Forest Complex could cause widespread habitat loss and sever important wildlife corridors, activists warn.The DPKY Forest Complex is home to one of Thailand’s two remaining breeding Indochinese tiger populations.Thai authorities have met opposition ...
