Environment and natural resources

Air pollution soars in Bangkok

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported high levels of air pollution in Bangkok, particularly the suburban areas at 7am today (October 22). Seven PCD monitoring stations in Bangkok showed many of the capital’s districts affected by unhealthy air quality levels with several reporting PM2.5 Air ...

The Nation Reporter

A new service aims to reduce Thailand’s trash by helping people profit from recycling

Southeast Asia has a waste problem: plastic waste imports to the region have spiked since China banned most plastic recycling imports in 2017 and governments across the region are struggling to get a handle on their domestic waste management. Thailand still uses 200 billion plastic ...

Skylar Lindsay

Mekong water level in Nakhon Phanom drops amid drought fears

The level of water in the Mekong river in this northeastern border province is dropping rapidly, exhibiting the most unnatural phenomenon in 50 years, according to local media reports.The reports said water in the Mekong river is dropping by 10-20 centimetres per day. The water ...

Pattanapong Sripiachai

Bangkok urges people to refrain from littering Chao Phraya River

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has geared up its efforts to restore clear water in the Chao Phraya River by urging riverside residents to refrain from littering, promoting the nomination of the river as a cultural heritage.Keep watching ...

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

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

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