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String of tragedies spur green push
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2019
» Dugong deaths and plastic bags
Gentle giants' prime pasture
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/10/2019
» Koh Libong is one among over 550 islands in the Andaman Sea. Yet the island is known as the de facto capital city for dugongs.
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.
Dugong deaths trigger alarm
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/08/2019
» Fisherfolk in Trang province have proposed five measures to save sea animals amid the unprecedented death rate of dugongs over the past week.
'Handsome man of the sea' dies
Online Reporters, Published on 23/08/2019
» Baby dugong Jamil died on Thursday night despite vets' efforts to save him, the fourth of the marine mammals to die in a week and the 17th this year.
No ban on plastic bags yet, says PM
News, Mongkol Bangprapa & Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/08/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday pledged to protect marine life from sea waste but refused to respond to growing calls for an immediate ban on single-use plastic bags.
Marium death spurs 'dugong masterplan' talks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/08/2019
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will hold a special meeting on Monday to discuss the "national dugong masterplan", following the death of Marium, a baby dugong who died with pieces of plastic bags in her belly.
Young dugong Marium dies in nursery tank
Published on 17/08/2019
» Marium, the baby dugong whose fight to recover from illness won hearts and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation, has died from an infection exacerbated by bits of plastic lining her stomach, officials said on Saturday.
Young dugong moved to tank over bad weather fears
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2019
» TRANG: Marium the 8-month-old dugong has been taken from the sea and placed in a nursery tank out of concern for her safety, with torrential rain and rough seas forecast for the Andaman Sea.
Three options mulled for sick dugong Marium
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/08/2019
» Marium the baby dugong has developed a serious illness after being attacked by an adult dugong in the Andaman Sea.