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The $30m Egyptian pyramids tourism rebrand
News, Sherif Tarek, Published on 12/06/2025
» Some 2.5 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza each year with hopes of an epic experience befitting one of the World's Seven Wonders. But for decades, a trip to Egypt's most famous tourist spot meant battling crowds and parrying aggressive hawkers.
Dugong population increasing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/12/2022
» The dugong population in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea appears to be on the rise as indicated by the latest count this year, according to the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.
Poor communities take virus fight into own hands
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/05/2021
» The air is thick with fear of contagion in the slum of Klong Toey, where many people live eave-to-eave in its densely populated neighbourhoods.
Jumbo death spurs call to shun plastic bags
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/07/2020
» The latest loss of a wild elephant which died with plastic bags in its intestines and stomach showed the public campaign to reduce plastic bags was "falling on deaf ears", Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa says.
Bags of opportunities
News, Published on 01/10/2019
» A whale found in Songkhla last year and a baby dugong Mariam are among the victims. Two million tons of plastic debris is tossed away into the ocean each year, killing an uncountable number of marine creatures. Thailand ranks the world’s sixth-biggest generator of plastic waste into the sea but now the tragic deaths of marine life are alarming and waking us up to the need to protect and rehabilitate the environment - not only for animals, but for our own descendants.
Collaboration key to ending plastic waste
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/09/2019
» Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa’s asking 43 giant retailers, major plastic manufacturers and leading department stores to stop handing out single-use plastic bags starting January next year is a game changer in Thailand’s ongoing campaign to end plastic waste.
Declaring war on plastic waste
News, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/09/2019
» In 1950, the world had a population of 2.5 billion. They produced roughly 1.5 million tonnes of plastic each year, according to Surfers Against Sewage, one of the United Kingdom’s most active environmental charities.
Mounting dugong deaths cause alarm
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/07/2019
» Two more dugongs were found dead on Sunday, one off the coast of Krabi and the other in Trang, bringing the death toll to five in four months, said Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong, director of Phuket Marine Biological Centre.
Baby dugong 'Mariam' to stream on Facebook
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/06/2019
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is planning a 24-hour live Facebook broadcast of superstar Mariam -- a six-month old female orphan dugong -- claiming it will be the world's first case study on how to look after the rare marine mammal species.
'Mariam' to get nursing area
News, Published on 17/06/2019
» Trang: The authorities are building a near-shore nursing area for Mariam, the baby dugong that lost its mother in the Andaman Sea, according to the wildlife preservation unit at Moo Koh Libong.