Environment and natural resources
New plan to deal with climate change to be launched this year
The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) has finished drafting a new operations plan to cope with climate change, the OAE chief said this week.Chantanon Wannakhejorn, secretary-general of the OAE, which is under the Agriculture Ministry, said the OAE has worked with both state and private ...
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Calls for a concerted effort
With household electricity bills surging in April as the temperature topped out at 44.6° Celsius in Thailand, followed by a record high average global temperature in July, businesses and governments are factoring in climate change when designing their forecasts.The UN issued a striking warning regarding ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Climate focus in royal decree
The Department of Environment Quality Promotion has officially been renamed the Department of Climate Change and Environment as per a royal command by His Majesty the King. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said the name change took effect yesterday, adding the new department will ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Managing reservoirs and irrigation systems critical for stable food supplies
Effective water management is vital to ensure Thailand’s food security and mitigate the impact of El Nino, according to the Thailand Development Research Institute.Narit Pisalyabutr, a senior academic at the institute, said the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon are expected to last for ...
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Tackling Thailand's water problems
Thailand has experienced an unusually prolonged period of water crises over recent years. The dry seasons are becoming longer and drier, while the rainy seasons are shorter but with more intense rainfall. This oscillating pattern of droughts and floods has become harder to predict and ...
Ecological Threats Of Small-Scale Fisheries In Thailand
Marine conservation experts have revealed the extent of marine megafauna catch by small-scale fisheries, in Thailand for the first time.The Newcastle University study provides the first-ever estimate of the annual catch of marine megafauna species, including rays, sharks, sea turtles, dolphins, and dugongs, in Thailand’s ...
Thailand to see less rainfall into next year due to El Nino
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has warned that Thailand could experience dry conditions due to the El Nino phenomenon until early next year.TMD Director-General Chomparee Chompurat said rainfall in all regions of Thailand has been below average despite the rainy season beginning more than a ...
Education is the first step towards sustainable water management, seminar told
Thailand’s small and medium-sized enterprises can start working towards sustainable water management by learning about it, a senior sustainability officer at Indorama Ventures, a chemical manufacturing company, told a World Bank seminar last month.Chief sustainability officer Anthony Watanabe, a panelist at the seminar on flood ...
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How prolonged El Niño will affect Thai agricultural, aquatic, and fruit exports
A prolonged El Niño lasting into mid-2024 is expected to impact agricultural, aquatic, and fruit products, resulting in reduced exports from Thailand.On Tuesday, the United Nations announced the arrival of El Niño, which is characterised by increased heat worldwide and drought conditions in some areas. ...
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Hydrogen the way for Thailand to achieve net-zero carbon emission goal
The government should launch measures to promote the use of hydrogen as fuel to help Thailand achieve its net-zero carbon dioxide emissions goal, the top executive of a global industrial gas company said.Speaking at the seminar “Hydrogen, an alternative energy to cope with climate change” ...
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