Environment and land
Special Economic Zone plan for Trat province raises concerns of pollution, loss of coastal livelihoods
In 2015, the Government of Thailand launched a plan that designates 10 border provinces as “Special Economic Zones (SEZs)”. Trat, situated adjacent to Cambodia, is one of the 10. Specifically, Mairut together with Khlong Yai and Hat Lek sub-districts have been earmarked as the eastern ...
Phurinat Chotiwan
Hitachi opens IoT centre in EEC estate
Hitachi Ltd, the Japan-based technology solutions provider, has opened its Lumada Center Southeast Asia in Thailand to become a test bed for Internet of Things (IoT) technology and capitalise on the country’s planned digital transformation and the upcoming Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
Agriculture initiative up for approval
The cabinet will next week decide on whether to proceed with a public-private partnership initiative for the country’s agricultural sector. If approved, the initiative will see the Commerce and Agriculture ministries helping farmers plan their production in response to solid demand from the market. Keep ...
The Nation Reporter
Environmentalists petition PM about biomass plant
Some 100 members of a Lam Say Bai canal conservation group and allies on Wednesday (Sep 19) filed a petition urging Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to call off the construction of a 61-megawatt biomass power plant in Tambon Nam Pleek of Amnat Charoen’s Muang ...
The Nation Reporter
Cabinet gives nod to over 60 mega projects to facilitate EEC
The Cabinet on Tuesday (Sep 18) approved more than 60 large-scale investment projects in the lower North and upper Northeast designed to facilitate and to connect with the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.Keep reading ...
Thailand’s road to sustainable, legal, and regulated fishing
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya talks about the country’s commitment to making its fishing industry globally competitive and both sustainable and free of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) activity.Keep reading ...
More than 20 sea turtles killed by debris
Big piles of garbage floating in the sea have become a killing zone for 23 sea turtles, which were found dead or nearly dead on two beaches in Phuket and Phangnga provinces over the past two months, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
BOI approves 160 billion baht in investment
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) has approved 160 billion baht’s worth of investment with 150 billion baht going to Thai Oil Plc in support of its aspirations to create a transport hub and aviation city.The latest meeting of the BOI board was chaired by ...
Plastic – a toxic love story
From its creation through its rise in the 1990s, the world has embraced plastic as an affordable and versatile material. By the time its impact on the environment and marine ecosystems became clear, plastic had conquered the world marketplace.Keep reading ...
Deputy Prime Minister led the Diplomatic Corps to Observe the Demolition of Unregistered Fishing Vessels and a Demonstration of Thailand’s Traceability System
On 12 September 2018, General Chatchai Sarikulya, Deputy Prime Minister, led Ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps from the European Union Delegation, European Union member states, United States, and ASEAN Member States, a total of 10 countries, to observe the demolition of 9 unregistered ...
