Sustainable Development Goals
Thailand invites development partners and private sector to share views at the ACMECS CEO Forum
Thailand will host the upcoming 8th ACMECS Summit on 15-16 June 2018 in Bangkok and will kick-start with the ‘ACMECS CEO Forum’ under the theme “Connecting Our Future: Enhancing ACMECS Cooperation and Integration” on 15 June 2018 at 9.00 hours at Shangri-La Hotel.Keep reading ...
Plastic Shreds, Rubber Bands and Balloon Pieces Found in Thai Turtle
Plastic waste is being blamed for the death of a green turtle found on the eastern province of Chanthaburi in Thailand.The turtle washed up on the beach on June 4, Weerapong Laovechprasit, a veterinarian at the Eastern Marine and Coastal Resource Research and Development Centre ...
Lorraine Chow
UN backs Thai resolution on sustainable development
Thailand has achieved a milestone as the country’s resolution on sustainable development has won recognition from the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Keep reading ...
Matti Joutsen
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018
The Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR 2018 (AMCDRR 2018) will take place on the theme, ‘Preventing Disaster Risk: Protecting Sustainable Development’. AMCDRR 2018 will be the second ministerial conference to take place since the adoption of the Sendai Framework in 2015.Keep reading ...
Saving paradise by setting limits
Thailand’s renowned national parks phase in a green path to make tourism sustainable.Maya Bay has finally been closed down. On Thursday (May 31), park rangers at Had Nopparat Tara-Mu Ko Phi Phi marine national park placed buoys demarcating a no-access zone to prevent tourist boats ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Six Mekong nations call for accelerated action to eliminate malaria before 2030
The governments of Cambodia, China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam have together called for accelerated action to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by 2030.Signing a joint Ministerial Call for Action at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the ...
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Public Consultation on 2018 SDG Index and Dashboard Report Launched
The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the SDSN are pleased to invite you to a public consultation of data used for the upcoming third edition of the SDG Index and Dashboards report, which will be published around July 2. This year’s report will focus on national implementation ...
Thai Union making ‘substantial progress’ on Greenpeace commitment
Thai Union Group has made “substantial, positive progress” on its commitment with Greenpeace to improve sustainability in fisheries and worker livelihoods through building on its SeaChange initiative.After reaching an agreement with Greenpeace in July, 2017, progress has been made implementing measures that tackle illegal fishing ...
Ban sought on otter trawling after whale shark snared off Phuket
An online petition campaigning for a ban on a form of fishing was launched yesterday after an endangered whale shark was caught by a trawler in the waters off Phuket last Friday (May 18).Piya Thedyam, creator of the campaign on Change.org for ending the use ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Smart City Spotlight: Bangkok
As a primate city, Bangkok – Thailand’s largest city – is the foremost potential smart city in the country. It was recently inducted into the first cohort of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) in Singapore last April.Thailand has taken positive steps towards realising a ...
Angaindrankumar Gnanasagaran