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Four-step plan issued to rid Thailand of garbage
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has issued four guidelines for related agencies to achieve the country’s goal of eliminating 7.7 million tonnes of garbage within next year.PCD director-general Pralong Damrongthai said on Friday that the drive to rid the country of 7.7 million tonnes of ...
The Nation Reporter
Dam claims hold no water: experts
Irrigation official agrees conditions have changed since the Bt2.3billion project was initially proposed. Academics warn that a dam newly approved for southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province will intensify conflicts between citizens and the authorities and destroy a bountiful forest ecosystem, while bringing no substantial benefit in ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Welfare schemes fail migrant workers
Many, if not most, migrant workers in Thailand feel insecure and exploited under the country’s existing welfare schemes. After 13 years in Thailand, Nay Zaw Moe has seen several Myanmar workers lose their limbs at work and yet get no compensation that they are entitled ...
Kornrawee Panyasuppakun
Thailand needs a more ambitious action plan on climate change
Thailand’s climate-change prevention commitment is not ambitious enough, environmental group Greenpeace warned, following a United Nations report last week that called for a major boost in prevention measures in order to keep global warming within the 1.5- to 2-degree Celsius target needed to prevent dire ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Laos, Thailand further cooperation, deepen friendship
Laos and Thailand will target new heights in deepening their relations as they head toward setting up a strategic partnership for growth and sustainable development.The direction of deepening relations and enhancement of bilateral cooperation was agreed on at the Third Lao-Thai Joint Cabinet Retreat (JCR) ...
Activists ‘languishing despite lifting of ban’
The junta’s decision to lift the ban on most political activities appears to benefit politicians in the run-up to the general election, but pro-democracy activists continue to languish in jail, fighting long-drawn-out court cases, pro-rights organisations said yesterday (Dec, 12).Keep reading ...
Thailand’s first green bond, issued by B Grimm, is taken up by ADB
B Grimm Power, one of Thailand’s leading private power producers, on Tuesday (Dec, 11) announced a landmark issuance of the Kingdom’s first certified climate bonds. B Grimm’s maiden green debentures, worth Bt5 billion with five- and seven-year maturity, were subscribed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Keep ...
The Nation Reporter
Rice initiatives can help save the planet, not just feed it
Rice is close to my heart, as a consumer, as a career choice and as a member of a “rice community” of billions. My own family has been involved in rice farming for more than three generations – and still going!So I am also deeply ...
Power plan ‘a setback for sustainable energy’
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has called Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2018 (PDP) “sugar-coated” despite its embrace of more renewable energy, saying it still hinders efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), which drafted the PDP, affirmed at public hearings last week ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
What Is The State of Democracy in Asia?
Asia has made strong headways in advancing democracy but still there is a long way to go in some countries.The Economic Intelligence Unit’s report on Democracy Index is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and ...
