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Bangkok ‘ready for the haze season’
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2025
» Air quality in the capital during the annual haze season should be more manageable than in previous years, following the introduction of measures to control pollution caused by large vehicles, says the Bangkok governor.
Tackling roots of PM2.5 air pollution in Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2025
» Haze pollution was a chronic problem nationwide, long before the capital was blanketed in PM2.5 pollutants over the past few weeks.
Dark skies on agenda as haze hits early
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/01/2024
» Thailand will enter its annual haze season earlier than usual due to higher levels of accumulated microdust in the atmosphere, according to the Department of Pollution Control.
Dam water to help farmers with second rice crop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/10/2023
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives plans to release stored water from dams to help farmers with their second rice crop plantation due to higher than expected amounts of rainfall this year.
New discovery of Sarus crane eggs
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/08/2023
» The discovery of Eastern Sarus Crane eggs in a rice field next to the Huai Talat Reservoir Non-Hunting Area in Buri Ram's Muang district is a positive sign that conservation efforts are paying off, says the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Ambitious zoo plans unfold
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2022
» His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua has granted the deed for a 300-rai plot in the Rangsit Khlong Hok area of Pathum Thani's Thanya Buri district, to be used for the new zoo which will replace the 80-year-old Dusit Zoo in Bangkok.
Dasta touts lake basin's tour appeal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/07/2022
» PHATTHALUNG: The Designated Area for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) is working with local communities along the Songkhla Lake basin to promote sustainable tourism activities in the area.
Climate-smart rice farming a win-win
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2022
» Sawanee Phorang, a 44-year-old farmer from Suphan Buri's Doem Bang Nang Buat district, recently changed her traditional rice farming practice by adopting laser land levelling (LLL), an innovative technology she claims has completely transformed her way of life.
Beating back the floods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/10/2021
» The influence of the Dianmu storm hitting the country has heightened fears that the mega-flooding that struck the Chao Phraya River basin 10 years ago will repeat itself. That disaster caused damage of over 100 billion baht.
Govt urged to stick to chemicals ban after paste find
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/09/2020
» The National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) has been urged to stand by its commitment to ban paraquat and chlorpyrifos from the agricultural sector, after traces of the toxic herbicide and pesticide were detected in food ingredients.