Environment and natural resources

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has joined forces with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives and private companies to launch a Zero Burn campaign discouraging burning of waste at farms to reduce emissions of smoke and dust from the agricultural sector.Keep reading ...

Drought in Southeast Asia may become even more frequent and intense if countries do not take steps to reduce its impact, according to a joint study from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) and Asean.Keep reading ...

By the end of 2019 Thailand will be free from three types of plastic – microbeads, cap seals and oxo-degradable plastics.Then by 2022 four other types of single-use plastics will also be banned – lightweight plastic bags less than 36 microns thick; styrofoam food containers ...

Since the air in entire villages or towns cannot be purified in the face of the raging smog crisis in the North, safety zones have been proposed as a way of protecting the most vulnerable people. The idea incorporates “Clean Rooms” where pollutants are filtered ...

A stronger political will is required to take action against monoculture corn cultivation both inside Thailand and in neighbouring countries, or the transboundary haze problem will never be solved, environmental experts said, as Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district continues to choke under hazardous smog.Keep reading ...

It’s a puzzle that has perplexed scientists for years: humanity dumps millions of tonnes of plastics into the world’s oceans annually, yet almost all of it is swallowed up, with only a tiny fraction remaining visible on the surface.Now an international team of researchers believe ...

An old friend of Thailand has returned from the sea, but vast drifts of plastic block more leatherback turtles from coming ashore to spawn.The news from Kuek Kak Beach on the Phang-nga coast in mid-February delighted marine ecologist Dr.Thon Thamrongnawasawat as twenty newly hatched leatherback ...

Despite some areas of Thailand suffering from drought, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has assured that there will be enough water for people to celebrate the Songkran Festival.Keep reading ...

Tomorrow, the first official day of Songkran, will see a higher level of air pollution in the North, hence people are advised to wear masks and avoid going outdoors, a source at the Smoke Haze Integrated Research Unit (SHIRU) said yesterday. Keep reading ...

A Giant air purifier, called the Green Giant, was installed at Chiang Mai’s Tha Pae Gate yesterday and appeared to be efficient in reducing the amount of fine dust particles in the air in a 3-kilometre radius.When this locally manufactured device was turned on at ...