Thailand is already struggling to cope with the environmental impact of a tourism boom that’s expected to lure 40 million visitors this year.
Category: Thailand
‘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.
‘Energy cards’ carry 350 times more radiation than humans can bear
Thailands office of Atoms for Peace warned of excessively high levels of radiation from the so-called “energy cards” that their distributors claim can cure illnesses and help relieve aches and pains.
Hunting the Elusive Rhino-Horn Cartel of Thailand
From northeastern Thailand, a couple of shadowy men have been running the world’s most elaborate poaching ring—earning an enormous fortune by destroying some of the planet’s most exotic creatures.
Results of marine fish survey set to be released
Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand were involved in the latest round of Norwegian studies, which involved surveys of fish stocks, measurements of microplastic particles in the water, and microplastic contamination in fish.