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Top environmental issues of 2024: Kingdom's ecology under attack
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2024
» Environmental issues damaged Thai society and the economy in a number of ways in 2024.
Thais look to Japan for waste management tips
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/03/2024
» Situated near Osaka city on a man-made island, the Maishima Incineration Plant boasts a striking design crafted by the late Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a Viennese architect and environmentalist.
Maya Bay to close again for 2 months
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/05/2022
» Maya Bay, which reopened to tourist on Jan 1 after being off-limits for over three years, will be closed again from August to September for the purposes of natural rehabilitation.
Lack of data stalls Mekong dam
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2021
» Thailand has yet to start a stage of Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreements (PNPCA) for Lao's newest run-of-river Sanakham Dam due to insufficient information from the Chinese project developer, the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) has revealed.
Displaced Karen demand land back
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2021
» A civic group protested in front of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry building on Friday as part of a campaign to pressure the government to resettle ethnic Karen villagers displaced from the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi over a decade ago.
Fishermen in Pattani seek help from EU
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2020
» A group of commercial trawler operators from Pattani has asked for European Union (EU) assistance in relieving impacts caused by the government's policies to control Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU).
Trawlermen threaten to rally over new catch quotas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2020
» A group of trawler owners on Tuesday vowed to stage a big rally in Bangkok if the Department of Fisheries is adamant about imposing new fishing quotas, a move to appease the European Union after it called on the kingdom to follow sustainable measures in the seafood industry last year.
Group threatens rally over fishing quotas
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/06/2020
» A group of trawler owners yesterday vowed to stage a big rally in Bangkok if the Department of Fisheries is adamant on imposing new fishing quotas, a move to appease the European Union after it called on the kingdom to follow sustainable measures in the seafood industry last year.
A walk in the park? Just sign here...
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2020
» Visitors to national parks must now make reservations before entering, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says.
Sanakam dam anger grows
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2020
» A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province.