Pollution Control Department (PCD) executive Pansak Thiramongkol said the key issues of concern are fine airborne particulate matter 10 microns or less in diameter and the depleting ozone layer.
Category: Thailand
Kokko Chinatown project sparks concerns in Tak
Mae Sot’s population of only 70,000 to 80,000 residents will be easily eclipsed by some 400,000 Chinese nationals expected to migrate to Kokko Chinatown in Myanmar,
Thailand’s famed ‘Rose of the North’ is wilting
Some days Chiang Mai is ranked as the world’s most polluted city, with air quality below pollution hot spots such as New Delhi, Beijing and Dhaka.
Thailand’s $13 Billion Plan Could Woo 65 Million Tourists Yearly
Thailand is already struggling to cope with the environmental impact of a tourism boom that’s expected to lure 40 million visitors this year.
‘Trash plastic waste trade’ protest at ASEAN meeting
They called on Asean governments to entirely ban all import of plastic waste and advance the framework for a sustainable and ethical circular economy.
Electricity Billionaire Is Building the Tesla of Thailand
Thai utility is helping to power Bangkok, building electric cars, batteries and charging stations for the nascent market, and then supplying the juice to keep them all running.
Ending decades of illegal fishing in Thailand
In a tightened up policing of their fishing industry Thailand has begun intercepting and inspecting fishing boats far out at sea this year, one of many new measures to curb its dangerously high levels of overfishing.
DMCR sets up clean-up booms to cut marine waste
Thailand currently has more than seven million tons of waste that has not been properly disposed of and has become a source of marine waste. The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has therefore organized a project to set up clean-up booms at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River to reduce the amount of waste flowing into the sea. One of the pilot areas is Bang Nam Phueng subdistrict, Samut Prakarn province.