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Global coral collapse a neglected crisis
News, Imran Khalid, Published on 16/08/2025
» Before the crack of dawn on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, Somsak Chaisri paddles his wooden boat over waters that used to shimmer with life. A once-vibrant coral garden below the water surface now consists of dead skeleton-like structures. According to this fisherman, the bleached coral skeletons are the only things he pulls from the water after his father showed him how to fish in living coral reefs. "Now, I drag up ghosts," he murmured. His lament echoes across the tropics. From the Maldives to Mozambique, the once-thriving reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans are being scoured of life.
Thai marine officials claim success in saving bleached coral
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/04/2025
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) said it was able to save more than 60% of the coral bleached since last year.
'Merman' courts controversy by refusing to kowtow
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/04/2025
» Siranudh "Psi" Scott has entered the media spotlight after clashing with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and being dismissed from his role advising the department's director-general amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
Electricity sales across border to Myanmar follow protocol: Thai govt
News, Published on 26/01/2025
» The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) says electricity sold to Myanmar follows Thai-Myanmar protocols and pledges to halt distribution across the border if contract bleaching is identified.
Bleaching forces diving site closures
News, Published on 25/05/2024
» Snorkelling and diving sites at several marine national parks in five provinces have been closed due to the worsening coral bleaching situation.
Bleaching affects reefs in Phangnga, Krabi
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/05/2024
» Seven coral bleaching sites have been found in Moo Koh Surin National Park in Phangnga, and up to 70% of the coral fields around Krabi's Phi Phi Island also suffer from bleaching problems, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DMCR) said.
Park battles rising tide of rubbish
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2024
» According to Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials, marine officers will step up their work collecting floating rubbish around the popular Koh Phi Phi beach, which has been swept in by the monsoon season weather cycle.
Coral bleaching hits 19 parks
News, Apinya Wiwatayotin & Jakkrit Waewklayhong, Published on 11/05/2024
» Coral bleaching has been found in 19 of the country's 26 national marine parks, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) has revealed.
Will the Cop27 meet bring dread or hope?
News, Andrew Steer & Kelly Levin, Published on 14/11/2022
» Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (Cop27) to characterise their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers. "We are seeing more progress than we ever imagined," says one, while the other laments that we are heading full tilt like lemmings over the cliff. They can't both be right, can they?
Yellow-band disease outbreak detected in Sattahip coral reef
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/10/2022
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has found a yellow-band disease outbreak at a coral reef in Sattahip in Chon Buri province.