The Nation

The flood-to-field diversion scheme attempts to solve the chronic annual problem, but many challenges lie ahead.Manas Kongsarai, a long-time farmer, will have only two and a half months to grow and harvest his one-month paddy on a 50-rai (8-hectare) plot as a result of the ...

The director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has praised the recent progress made by Thailand to address problems of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Keep reading ...

The Shell Company of Thailand Limited recently participated in the Thailand SDGs Forum 2018: Localising the SDGs (Thailand’s Sustainable Business Guide) seminar organised by online news agency Thaipublica and the Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation.Keep reading. ...

Did you know that plastic takes 450 years to decompose? It takes even longer in landfills, about 1,000 years.The worst part is that plastic is literally everywhere, as it is something we use and throw away on a daily basis. It’s gotten to the point ...

Basel convention ‘inadequate’ in protecting Thailand from dumping of hazardous wastes. There are no clear answers from officials about whether Thailand is changing its policy on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste under the Basel Convention, as the international agreement is seen by some officials and ...

The Election Commission (EC) has prepared a calendar for the next election to be discussed with the government, according to the agency’s chief.EC president Supachai Somcharoen said yesterday (June 12) that the calendar was in line with the government’s road map but he declined to ...

More stringent checks planned to reduce rising trend of plastic and e-waste influx. Customs authorities  have tightened cargo inspection at Thailand’s seaports in a bid to control illegal imports of plastic and electronic waste. Keep reading ...

A centenarian and five other ethnic Karen plaintiffs have won compensation after forestry officials burnt down their homes in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park in 2012 – but not the right to return to the place they had long called home.Although the Supreme Administrative Court ...

The tourism industry will serve as a key driver for Asean countries to increase their investments in infrastructure and improve the living standards of people within the region, said Wouter Schalken, senior tourism specialist of the World Bank Group.Keep reading ...

Waste policies encourage wrong choices; reducing, reusing and recycling should come first, say environmentalists.Experts on waste management and environmental protection are warning that Thailand could become the garbage bin of the world, as the government’s policies to promote the waste-to-energy industry have already resulted in ...