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Plastic bottle found in dead whale in southern Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/12/2025
» Marine authorities discovered a plastic bottle lodged in the digestive tract of a dead Bryde’s whale found washed ashore on a beach in Songkhla province in southern Thailand.
Search on to save whale shark
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/05/2025
» Authorities have launched a search and rescue operation after a whale shark was spotted entangled in fishing gear debris near Richelieu Rock in the Surin Islands marine park on Sunday.
Rare white whale evades search team
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/01/2024
» Although a search for a white Omura's whale proved fruitless on Tuesday, a research team found four other Omura's whales (Balaenoptera omurai) near Koh Hae, off Phuket, instead.
'Perfect' whale skeleton to return home next year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/12/2020
» PATHUM THANI: The country's oldest partially fossilised Bryde's whale skeleton is expected to be returned to its home in Samut Sakhon within 12 months after the painstaking task of putting it back together is completed.
Dugong deaths spark calls for plastic ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/08/2019
» Environmentalists have united in their calls for the government to take decisive action, including an across-the-board ban on single-use plastic bags, to mitigate the increasingly severe harm plastics are causing to the environment and sea lives.
For crimes against the environment
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2018
» The year 2018 has been an eventful one in terms of environmental issues.
It's easy being green, state and activists say
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/06/2018
» Thailand's future to become an environmentally friendly country will not look bleak if all Thais care enough about protecting and preserving the environment, state officials and environmentalists say.
Plastic waste fight steps up
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2018
» 'Beat Plastic Pollution", a campaign kicked off by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to mark World Environment Day on June 5, brought into focus the global community's efforts to deal with single-use plastic bags that are now posing a threat to the environment, especially the sensitive marine ecological system.
Plan to cut marine waste by up to 50%
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/06/2018
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources unveiled yesterday its plan to reduce marine waste by 50% by 2027, as people around the globe celebrated World Oceans Day under theme "Clean Our Ocean".
Plastic not fantastic: 'End the reliance'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2018
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and 11 other ministries expressed interest Tuesday, at an event marking World Environment Day, in reducing the use of plastic bags and polystyrene foam in their offices.